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Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts Meeting offers chance for overdue reform of policies on transfer of catch between vessels.

Source: China Dialogue Ocean Ghana’s failure to tackle illegal fishing could lead to a seafood export ban to EU markets, and threaten local livelihoods and sustainable management of the country’s waters.

Source: Mongabay A vessel seized for fishing in an off-limits area in Indonesia may have also been using a type of trawl net that’s been banned for its destructive impact on fish stocks. The KM Sinar Samudra was seized off the Natuna Islands on Feb. 18, and a subsequent inspection found a banned cantrang trawl […]

Source: Atuna The agreement between Costa Rica and Global Fishing Watch has come into effect. Since January 2022, the data of 95 vessels are publicly visible on the company’s map as part of its commitment to transparency in its fishing sector.

Source: Post Courier Online Illegal fishing in the PNG waters is robbing the multi million kina fishing industry with millions worth of fish caught illegally.

Source: SeaFoodSource Two U.S. representatives who have worked across the aisle to combat illegal fishing practices succeeded on Wednesday, 2 March, in amending a Coast Guard funding bill to include a requirement for more fishing vessels to install tracking systems.

Source: Journalism Plus A police investigation and magisterial inquiry into a multimillion tuna smuggling racket in which tuna that originated mostly in Malta was smuggled to Spain using duplicate paperwork appears to have stalled, an investigation by this website has found out.

Source: SeaFoodSource Drew Lawler is the managing director at AJ Lawler Advisors and the former deputy assistant secretary for NOAA International Fisheries. While the term “Wild West” may conjure up images of outlaws acting with impunity in faraway outposts, it’s an apt metaphor for what’s taking place on the high seas just outside our 200-mile […]

Source: Environmental Justice Foundation A fleet of Chinese vessels which was previously caught fishing illegally in West Africa has been approved for trawling by the Malagasy authorities. Under Malagasy regulations, no vessel with a history of illegal fishing should be allowed to fish in the country’s waters unless there is proof of a change in […]

Source: SeaFoodSource Morocco Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch said the country hass committed to expanding the country’s marine protected areas and doubling the resources the country currently expends annually in its fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.