Source: Euractiv Author: Javier Garat and Linnéa Engström The European Commission needs to work out more effective rules to ensure that only fish meeting high social and environmental standards can enter the EU market, as well as a better implementation of the EU control regime in general, argue Linnéa Engström and Javier Garat.
Read MoreWednesday October 4th – Illegal fishing is a global problem which undermines food security, economic stability and ocean health. It is a key issue for focus at the high-level Our Ocean 2017 Conference this week in Malta.
Read MoreSource: Taipei Times Author: Lin Chia-nan Council of Agriculture Minister Lin Tsung-hsien (林聰賢) yesterday said he is optimistic that Taiwan can be removed from the European Commission’s warning list on illegal fishing this year, but Greenpeace Taiwan disagrees.
Read MoreSource & Author: Stop Illegal Fishing Over 200 participants from 57 countries took part in the 2017 FishCRIME Symposium, organised by UNODC, the Norwegian Ministry of Trade Industry and Fisheries and PescaDOLUS. Participants were drawn from the private sector, civil society and academia as well as numerous high-ranking government officials.
Read MoreSource & Author: Journal du Cameroun Thirteen Senegalese fishermen were Friday expelled from Mauritania for illegal fishing, a source said on Saturday in Nouakchott.The 13 were arrested in Nouadhibou, the economic capital, over the last few days, while fishing without any permit, the source said.
Read MoreSource & Author: Jamaica Observer Fisheries and Aquaculture ministers from the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have agreed on measures aimed at accelerating the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as well as address the issue of fisheries subsidies at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Read MoreSource & Author: Our Ocean 2017 In the last few decades, science has revealed the widespread deterioration of the marine environment and its resources, something long witnessed by coastal populations.
Read MoreSource & Author: UNCTAD With just 10 weeks until a World Trade Organization summit in Argentina, there is a risk that no global agreement will be made to address the issue of overfishing, an UNCTAD official has told a public meeting at the international body’s Geneva base.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS The VietNam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) Marine Product Committee and Vietnamese seafood processors and exporters have promised to implement the EU’s demands on fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and the national action plan to combat it.
Read MoreSource: Pattaya Mail Author: Keng Na Songkhla A top Royal Thai Police official instructed his colleagues from 11 provinces on how to use an online database to combat illegal practices and human trafficking in the fishing industry.
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