Year: 2017

20 Jan
2017

Source & Author: Stop Illegal Fishing In a move designed to control Nigerian flagged fishing vessels Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department of Fisheries has made it mandatory for all eligible national or state flagged fishing vessels to obtain and mark International Maritime Organization (IMO) numbers on their vessels on or before […]

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19 Jan
2017

Source & Author: FIS In order to move forward with repression of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices worldwide, NOAA Fisheries has published its 2017 Biennial Report to Congress.

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17 Jan
2017

Source & Author: FIS The Fisheries Agency confirmed that 15 by-laws under three fishery laws will take effect on 20 January as part of the government’s strategy to get Taiwan removed from a European Union (EU) watch list of countries that have not acted against illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing.

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15 Jan
2017

Source: Taipei Times Author: Staff writer, with CNA COMPLIANCE: The agency discussed the changes with visiting EU officials to ensure that they are adequate to have the nation removed from the EU’s fishery watch list.

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13 Jan
2017

Source: Oceana Author: Vanya Vulperhorst EU vessels operate outside EU waters under different authorisation types. The EU, on behalf of its member states signs public access agreements (also called Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements or SFPAs) with a non-EU coastal State.

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11 Jan
2017

Source: Impakter Authors: Annick Vanhoutte and Blaise Kuemlangan Despite the many efforts to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU-fishing) in areas under national jurisdiction and on the high seas, the scourge persists. Each year, IUU fishing is responsible for annual catches of up to 26 million tons, with a value of up to 23 billion USD which negatively affects […]

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