Source: SeafoodSource Author: Cliff White The Seafood Exporters Association of Sri Lanka and the country’s Ministry of Fisheries jointly announced the creation of a fisheries improvement project (FIP) for its tuna and billfish fisheries last week at the 2017 Seafood Expo Global.
Read MoreSource: Horizon Magazine.EU Author: Steve Gillman General fish labels like snapper, sole and seabream take away the power to accurately assess stocks and then distort fishing quotas, but by identifying individual species we could prevent illegal catches ending up on our plates.
Read MoreSource: China Dialogue Author: Charlotte Middlehurst The unmonitored transfer of cargo on open water is a roadblock to transparency at sea, finds new research.
Read MoreSource: Völkerrechtsblog Author: Valentin J. Schatz The raison d’être of the concept of transnational ‘fisheries crime’ (TFC) (INTERPOL 2013) or ‘marine resource crime’ (UNODC 2011) can be traced to endemic illicit activities in the fisheries sector which, due to their devastating impacts, are increasingly considered as a serious problem worthy of attention as ‘criminal’ rather than merely […]
Read MoreSource & Author: World Trade Organization At a 1 March meeting of the WTO’s Negotiating Group on Rules (NGR), the chair, Ambassador Wayne McCook (Jamaica), reported on his recent consultations with WTO members on certain substantive and procedural questions in the ongoing talks on global disciplines for fisheries subsidies.
Read MoreSource & Author: Tribune de Genève La Suisse ne fera plus le commerce de poissons issus de pêche illicite, comme c’est le cas depuis sept ans en Union européenne.
Read MoreSource: The Sunday Times Sri Lanka Author: S. Rubatheesan As many as 641 permits were issued to foreign fishing vessels between 2012 and 2015 despite warnings by the European Union (EU) that many of them were engaged in illegal fishing practices which ultimately cost Sri Lanka a ban on exports, the first application by the Sunday […]
Read MoreSource: Stop Illegal Fishing Author: Sally Frankom In March 2016, a joint operation between Spanish police and INTERPOL resulted in the arrest of six people linked to the fishing company Vidal Armadores.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com A new report by the World Bank confirms that overexploitation is not a good strategy to manage a renewable natural resource like fish stocks, for steady profits, reliable jobs and long-term growth.
Read MoreSource & Author: The World Bank Billions of dollars are lost at sea but different paths to fisheries reform show promising results:
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