Month: September 2015

21 Sep
2015

Source: Huffington Post Author: Javier Garat, Secretary General of Cepesca (Spanish Confederation of Fisheries) and President of Europêche (Association of National Organizations of Fishing Enterprises in the EU) The European Union is leading the world in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, with its trailblazing 2010 IUU Regulation.

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21 Sep
2015

Source: Huffington Post Author: Andrew Opie, Director of Food and Sustainability for the British Retail Consortium For retailers, preventing illegal fishing is about much more than simply keeping certain seafood products from ending up on our supermarket shelves. The impact of unlawful, and ultimately unsustainable, fishing practices goes much deeper, with potentially severe consequences for our […]

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15 Sep
2015

Source: Stop Illegal Fishing Blog Author: TIMOTHY WALKER TWO recent discussions brought home the potential and missed opportunities of Africa’s maritime environment. A West African admiral said the continent doesn’t really know the sea. “Navies don’t do coups, so governments don’t pay them much attention,” he said.

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15 Sep
2015

Source: Daily Mail Author: AFP Rampant illegal fishing by foreign trawlers off Somalia’s once pirate-infested coastline is threatening economic gains in the Horn of Africa nation and could push communities back to maritime crime, a report warned Tuesday.

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