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2 Feb
2017

European Parliament votes for greater transparency in EU’s fishing operations outside EU waters

Source & Author: Oceana The EU has one of the largest fishing fleets operating around the world and its activities represent 28% of total EU catches.

2 Feb
2017

More transparency and accountability for EU vessels fishing outside the Union

Source: European Parliament News The new regulation which would clarify the authorisation procedure of EU vessels fishing outside the EU and extend the licensing system to include also private agreements between EU companies and third countries, was backed by the plenary on Thursday. Parliament will now enter into negotiations with the Council in order to […]

2 Feb
2017

Suspected scrappage scam may have netted vessel owner 1.359 million euros

Source: Stop Illegal Fishing Author: Sally Frankcom Greek authorities are currently investigating a potential fraud related to two vessels reported as scrapped in 2013 under an EU fishing vessel decommissioning scheme.

1 Feb
2017

Navy inspects fishing piers to combat IUU fishing

Source & Author: FIS As part of the measures to address illegal fishing, the Royal Thai Navy launched an operation on Monday to inspect 160 fishing piers in six provinces along the Andaman coast.

31 Jan
2017

Spanish Supreme Court ruling on IUU toothfish operations rattles legal industry

Source & Author: MercoPress Spanish Justices found that national law is insufficient to pin a crime on persons when acts are committed in a place where those acts are not a criminal offence.

31 Jan
2017

Help fight illegal fishing with Global Fishing Watch

Source: CitizenSci Author: Adam Reyer Hundreds of millions of people depend on the ocean for their livelihoods, and almost 3 billion rely on it as a protein source. But countless threats — overfishing, destructive fishing practices, bycatch, dishonest catch reporting, habitat destruction — threaten our oceans and the people who depend on them.

30 Jan
2017

Human Trafficking, Forced Labour and Fisheries Crime in the Indonesian Fishing Industry

Source & Author: International Organisation for Migration A new government decree based in part on IOM’s ground-breaking research into human trafficking in the Indonesian fisheries will address chronic human rights abuses in the industry, the country’s Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) says.

30 Jan
2017

Ghana makes progress in the fight against IUU fishing

Source & Author: Stop Illegal Fishing Recent measures introduced in Ghana are offering stronger means of fighting illegal fishing. New legislation, increased sanctions, improved monitoring, control and inspection capacity, and mandatory IMO numbers for the industrial fleet are all contributing to a more compliant sector.

27 Jan
2017

Fishing vessels: agreement on modernised legislation

Source & Author: Consilium On 26 January 2017 the Council, led by the Maltese presidency, reached a preliminary political agreement with the European Parliament on a draft regulation defining the specifications of fishing vessels.

26 Jan
2017

New case studies show lack of modern technology facilitates illegal seafood products entering EU

Source: WWF Author: Eszter Hidas Since 2013, WWF and its partners* have been highlighting the urgent need for the establishment of an electronic system to facilitate the detection and blocking of imports of illegally caught seafood products into the EU, under the EU’s Regulation to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing [i].