Andrew Carryer – Page 34

17 Jul
2017

Below the Surface: How Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Threatens Our Security

Source & Author: RUSI The Occasional Paper critically analyses current understandings of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as threats to our security.

16 Jul
2017

Estimates of illegal and unreported seafood imports to Japan

Source & Author: Pramod et al. An investigation of illegal and unreported fishing in source countries indicates that 24–36% of 2.15 million tonnes of wild-seafood imports to Japan in 2015 were of illegal and unreported origin, valued at $1.6 to $2.4 billion, out of a total import of US$ 13 billion.

15 Jul
2017

Cooperation and unregulated fishing: interactions between customary international law, and The European Union IUU fishing regulation

Source: ScienceDirect Author: Mercedes Rosello Highlights: •Commission must underpin implementing decisions with legal rationale. •Unregulated fishing and UNFSA Article 8.4 customary status not suitable. •State practice in RFMOs and arrangements should provide such rationale. •Due regard underpins such rationale. •Due regard insufficient to ensure conservation by itself.

15 Jul
2017

Criminalising IUU Fishing as a Response to Human Security Concerns?

Source: House of Ocean Author: Mercedes Rosello Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has been associated with human security concerns. Domestically, security concerns may be addressed through the prescription and enforcement of criminal law provisions. However, prescribing and enforcing criminal law in regard to activities occurring in distant water areas, where IUU risks endure, is less straightforward. […]

11 Jul
2017

Thai Union commits to more sustainable, socially-responsible seafood

Source & Author: Greenpeace International Greenpeace campaign leads to positive change for seafood industry. Thai Union Group PCL has committed to measures that will tackle illegal fishing and overfishing, as well as improve the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the company’s supply chains.

11 Jul
2017

Model Catch Certificate for the US Seafood Import Monitoring Program

Source & Author: Francisco Blaha I have been keeping updates on the conditions that US Seafood Import Monitoring Program establishes for imports of certain seafood products for a while now. The aim of the programme is to tackle the reporting and recordkeeping requirements needed to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)-caught and/or misrepresented seafood from entering U.S. […]

3 Jul
2017

EU NAVFOR soldiers to educate fishermen on marine patrol

Source: Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide Author: News Ghana During their counter-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia, EU NAVFOR sailors and marines will often take the opportunity to talk to Somali fishermen about the role of EU NAVFOR in the region.

28 Jun
2017

Thailand preparing info for EU on illegal fishing

Source & Author: The Nation Thailand is preparing information and statistics regarding its efforts to suppress illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing ahead of a visit by European Union officials from July 1 to 16.

27 Jun
2017

Seafood Traceability Rule to Remain in Place, Says Court

Source & Author: The National Law Review As reported previously on this blog, concerns about illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) seafood fraud, led to a proposed rule to establish a traceability program for certain seafood species. The final rule establishing the Seafood Import Monitoring Program was published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National […]

26 Jun
2017

Kiribati Gains Authorisation to Access the EU Market. What Does it Mean and How Does It Work?

Source & Author: Francisco Blaha Since a couple of weeks ago, Kiribati became the 4th country in the Pacific to be included in the list of third countries and territories from which imports of certain fishery products for human consumption are permitted. This does not mean that from now on fish caught by any Kiribati-flagged vessels […]