food security – IUU Watch

2 Feb
2021

Fisheries and aquaculture are a critical part of global agri-food systems transformation, says FAO Director-General

Source: FAO FAO Committee on Fisheries this week explores sustainable future for a fast growing industry 1 February 2021, Rome – Fisheries and aquaculture are of critical importance for global food security as well as recovering from the COVID-19 crisis, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, said […]

30 Jul
2020

Blog: Calling on the European Union to combat IUU fishing and drive transformational change in fisheries governance in the wake of COVID-19

Introduction In a matter of months, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a global public health crisis unprecedented in scale. It has fundamentally changed the lives and daily interactions of billions of people and has highlighted important questions about society’s relationship with the planet, our dependence on natural resources and the sustainability of current systems of […]

16 Jul
2020

Liberia fishing communities threatened by Chinese supertrawlers

Source: EJF Six Chinese supertrawlers have arrived in Liberia, capable of taking over 12,000 tonnes of fish a year – nearly twice the nation’s sustainable catch. This has sparked outrage among canoe fishers, who fear for their jobs and food security. Liberia is now the third West African country to witness a sudden increase in […]

25 Jun
2020

Unsustainable fishing puts security and stability of Member States and trade partners at risk

Source: EUbusiness Illegal fishing practices are undermining cross-border security by making resources that are already limited due to the climate and nature crises even more scarce, a new report from WWF reveals. As the EU plans its recovery from Covid-19, a global health crisis that has called attention to key shortcomings in the global fisheries […]

10 Jun
2020

Sustainable fishery management key to ensuring food security, says FAO

Source: New Food Magazine A recent FAO report has highlighted sustainable aquaculture development and effective fisheries management as crucial to ensuring future food and nutritional security. Worldwide per capita fish consumption has reached a new record of 20.5 kilograms per year and is poised to increase further in the decade ahead, according to the Food […]

7 May
2020

Incorporating oceans into climate policy is essential for food security, say scientists

Source: NewFood Alongside renewable energy, sustainable transportation and habitat restoration, the scientists have offered proposals to policymakers which include key points about how oceans can support food security and food systems. Debates around the Green New Deal have largely centred around climate change concerns on land, but a group of scientists are calling on policymakers […]

8 Apr
2020

EJF: Targeting of juveniles by Chinese fleet driving Ghana’s sardine fishery to collapse

Source: SeafoodSource Ghana’s sardine fishery is on the verge of collapse as a result of unsustainable fishing by visiting Chinese trawlers, according to a new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation. Read more

27 Feb
2020

Billions lost as illicit fisheries trade hurting nations who can afford it least

Source: The University of British Columbia More than eight million to 14 million tonnes of unreported fish catches are traded illicitly every year, costing the legitimate market between $9 billion and $17 billion in trade each year, according to new UBC research. In a paper published in Science Advances, researchers from the Fisheries Economics Research Unit and the Sea […]

9 Jul
2019

Europe Runs Out of Fish

Source: The Maritime Executive July 9 is European Fish Dependence Day, the moment when the E.U. has used up all its own seafood resources and must rely entirely on imports for the rest of the year to meet demand. This year it falls about a whole month earlier than in 2000. Illegal fishing and over-fishing […]