Year: 2021

12 Nov
2021

Source: The Seattle Times A foreign takeover on land would garner immediate attention and outcry, but we should be just as alarmed by the national security threats that repeatedly take place out of sight on our oceans — threats to maritime boundaries, national waters and global marine resources. What happens beyond the horizon can be […]

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12 Nov
2021

Source: SeafoodSource African countries battling illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) should embrace tighter port-control procedures to deny the illicit catch a market and cut off perpetrators from their profits, according to nonprofit Trygg Mat Tracking. Trygg Mat Tracking Executive Director Duncan Copeland said port authorities should have capacity to “make rapid risk assessments to […]

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10 Nov
2021

Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts Tuna fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean provide food, income and employment for communities in more than 50 countries on five continents. Managing these fisheries—which are worth billions of dollars each year—falls to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), which has numerous opportunities to act against illegal […]

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10 Nov
2021

Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts In a global seafood market where consumers are increasingly concerned about sustainability, wholesalers and retailers need sharper tools to help ensure that the fish they sell was responsibly—and legally—caught. This is especially important given that illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing costs the global economy up to $23.5 billion annually […]

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3 Nov
2021

Source: The New Dawn A new technology has been launched to fight illegal fishing in Liberian waters. The Communities for Fisheries project on Wednesday, 27 October 2021 launched a smartphone application allowing small-scale fishers to gather evidence against industrial vessels fishing illegally in Liberian waters.

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