Thomas Walsh

Source: Mongabay Launched in 2015, an enterprise known as the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) is working to make fisheries more transparent and sustainable. The Seychelles joined FiTI in 2017 and recently released its second report to the initiative, which details its government’s efforts to increase public access to information about the management and direction of […]

Source: Forbes Illegal fishermen are more dangerous than pirates. You may have heard it here first, but the U.S. Coast Guard said so in 2020: illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU Fishing, or IUUF) is the No. 1 global maritime security threat. Hungry nations are exploiting others’ fishing stocks as overfishing has drastically depleted the […]

Source: The Global Fishing Watch Satellite radar imagery is lighting up our view of previously unseen fishing patterns around the world.

Source: Industrias Pesqueras Las organizaciones recuerdan que las tres partes representan los principales mercados pesqueros del planeta, al concentrar el 55 % del mercado mundial de productos del mar.

Source: allAfrica Distant water fishing fleets operating along the Gulf of Guinea (West and Central Africa) are exploiting less-developed nations, depleting fish stocks, and affecting the livelihood of artisanal fishers, experts say.

Source: euroNews.com The world’s second-biggest fishing vessel shed over 100,000 dead fish into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of France.

Source: Oceana Brest, France — As heads of state come together for the One Ocean Summit in France, NGOs from across the United States, European Union, and Japan, are calling on their nations – which combined account for more than 55% of all the seafood traded internationally – to prioritize policies to end illegal, unreported, […]

Source: Antaranews.com Makassar, S Sulawesi (ANTARA) – The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry is planning to set up a command center in Maluku Province to supervise illegal fishing in Indonesia.

Source: The Tribune Bahamians were yesterday warned it was “folly” to believe the oceans have an inexhaustible fisheries supply after it was revealed that 36 percent of landed catches are illegal or unregulated.

Source: Deeper Blue Oceana released a new report this week showing that the illegal seafood trade, fueled in part by demand in the USA, is hurting local fishing communities around the world.