Source & Author: Stop Illegal Fishing Joint training on vessel bridge inspections and information cross-referencing, held in support of the FCWC West Africa Task Force, took place in Accra and Tema, Ghana, on the 11th to 15th September 2017.
Read MoreSource & Author: Ghana Web. The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says illegal methods of fishing, as well as the over-exploitation of Ghana’s marine resources cannot continue, as they threaten the very essence of the country’s existence.
Read MoreSource & Author: The Marine Executive A joint operation conducted on September 9 by the marine conservation group Sea Shepherd Global and the East Timor National Police (PNTL) resulted in the capture of the Hong Long Fisheries / Pingtan Marine Enterprises fishing fleet at anchor off the coast of Com, East Timor.
Read MoreSource: The Namibian Author: Adam Hartman The fisheries ministry has reported about five foreign vessels suspected of illegally fishing in Namibian waters to Angolan marine authorities, fisheries permanent secretary Moses Maurihungirire said last week.
Read MoreSource: The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper Author: Kolawole Talabi and Authur Debruyne The flowery legalese of any Fishing Partnership Agreement always appears to secure the sustainability of the domestic fisheries involved but really this economic document is Brussels’ strategy for plundering the abundant undersea resources of Africa’s maritime states. From Sao Tomé to Sierra Leone, evidence abounds […]
Read MoreSource & Author: Baird Maritime Australia and Vietnam will increase the level of cooperation between the two countries in an effort to combat illegal fishing in the Asia Pacific region.
Read MoreSource: The Nation Nigeria Author: Precious Igbonwelundu Operatives of the Nigerian Navy (NN) have arrested four trawlers belonging to a Chinese Company and 79 suspects for Illegal and Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: Reuters An Ecuadorean judge has jailed 20 Chinese fishermen for up to four years for illegally fishing off the Galapagos Islands, where they were caught with 6,600 sharks.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com Conservation organization WWF has expresssed its rejection of industrial fishing within the waters of the Galapagos Marine Reserve and the entry of non-permitted vessels to the protected area, following the recent seizure of a Chinese flagged ship loaded with species whose capture is illegal.
Read MoreSource: Global Fishing Watch Blog Author: Kimbra Cutlip We are often asked about how Global Fishing Watch can be effective when vessel captains can simply turn off their AIS. And our answer has always been, “they have to turn it back on sometime—especially when entering port, and intentional blackouts raise a red flag.” Our recent […]
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