Thomas Walsh

Source: Seafood Source Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) has issued a statement expressing concern about the increase in reports of foreign vessels fishing illegally off Australia’s north coast. The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) – working in conjunction with the Maritime Border Command, the Australian Border Force, and the Australian Defence Force – destroyed 15 foreign […]

Source: Journal du Cameroon

Source: SeaFoodSource Two advisory councils to the European Commission are pushing it to take more action against “flags of convenience.” The Long-Distance Fisheries Advisory Council (LDAC), comprised of 50 organizations from a dozen E.U. member-states, represents the seafood industry and other industries and interests involved in Europe’s distant-water fishing sector. The Market Advisory Council (MAC) […]

Source: Deeper Blue A bunch of chefs and restaurant owners have signed a letter to the U.S. Congress demanding transparency and traceability in the U.S. seafood supply chain. More than 200 chefs and restaurant owners are calling on lawmakers to address illegal fishing, seafood fraud, and human rights abuses in the seafood industry.

Source: Eurasia Review – News & Analysis As much as 25 million tons of fish are believed to be lost globally each year to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activity—known as IUU fishing—resulting in the depletion of local fish stocks and major economic losses. Research suggests that up to one in five fish is caught […]

Source: allAfrica.com Fishermen in Gunjur, western region of The Gambia, have raised their concerns over the scarceness of fish in the landing sites, especially the sardinella species which the public consume a lot because they are the cheapest. Many fishermen associate the scarcity of the fish to illegal fishing practices, climate change and unfavorable fishing […]

Source: SeafoodSource A U.S. congressional committee has passed an amended bill that seeks to prevent more seafood produced through illegal practices from entering the country – in part by expanding the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP).

Source: The Yucatan Times Dark fleets – illegal fishing vessels which deactivate their tracking devices in order to fish in protected areas – are now being exposed by advances in satellite monitoring technologies.

Source: SeafoodSource European Commission inspectors will hold a virtual meeting with officials of Vietnam’s General Department of Fisheries to discuss the country’s issues with illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing on 27 October

Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing hinders sustainability of the ocean’s valuable fish, costing billions of dollars in economic losses each year—to governments, coastal communities and law-abiding fishers—and taking an extreme toll on the marine environment. Although advancements in satellite tracking of ships and legal requirements for vessel identification have […]