Source: Business Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said Ghana is implementing a National Plan of Action to curb the menace of illegal and unregulated fishing. He explained that components of the plan included fish catch certification, the reactivation and installation of vessel monitoring systems (VMS), automatic identification system (AIS) on vessels, port and […]
Read MoreSource: India Times Shark conservation is one of the most pressing global biodiversity concerns. Fishing has resulted in the extinction of several shark populations around the world. Shark exploitation has escalated dramatically in recent decades to meet rising demand for shark fins in Asian markets. Every year, between 27 and 73 million sharks are trafficked […]
Read MoreSource: The Pew Charitable Trusts With 6 new ratifications promised, Cape Town Agreement may soon enter into force.
Read MoreSource: 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 […]
Read MoreSource: 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 […]
Read MoreSource: The Global Fishing Watch Satellite radar imagery is lighting up our view of previously unseen fishing patterns around the world.
Read MoreSource: 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.
Read MoreSource: 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.
Read MoreSource: euroNews.com The world’s second-biggest fishing vessel shed over 100,000 dead fish into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of France.
Read MoreSource: 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, […]
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