Source & Author: FIS.com The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and the Environment (MAPAMA) has initiated a disciplinary proceeding against the owners and managers of the vessels Thunder and Tchaw.
Read MoreSource & Author: Sea Shepherd Global Yesterday the Spanish government announced that six Spanish nationals and six Spanish companies involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Southern Ocean have been fined a combined total of more than €5.2 million euros by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and the Environment […]
Read MoreSource: Pattaya Mail Author: NNT BANGKOK-The Command Center for Combating Illegal Fishing (CCCIF) has revealed that a foreign boat was recently impounded in Thai waters after it was found to be in violation of fishery laws.
Read MoreSource: Pew Trust Magazine Author: Anne Usher Pew helped Interpol create a network for sharing information among nations fighting illegal fishing—and halted a ship’s infamous career.
Read MoreSource: allAfrica Author: Zephania Ubwani Illegal fishing is still rampant in the western Indian Ocean coast, occasioning a $ 400 million loss per year in landings or nearly $1 billion in processed products.
Read MoreSource: RUSI Author: Cathy Haenlein This paper argues that large-scale illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing takes place on an organised, systematic scale across multiple jurisdictions, and must therefore be recognised as transnational organised crime. Such IUU fishing endangers food security, threatens livelihoods, undermines the rule of law and deprives states of revenues. It also […]
Read MoreSource & Author: Stop Illegal Fishing The new report The West Africa Task Force: Cooperation. Collaboration. Communication provides an insight into the establishment and operation of the West Africa Task Force.
Read MoreSource & Author: Stop Illegal Fishing An event organised by The Pew Charitable Trusts brought together key players from the maritime sector to highlight how threats to the maritime domain interact, and provide thoughts on how cooperation among stakeholders at a national, regional and international level is needed to successfully address each of these issues.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS Worldnews Swedish Minister of Rural Affairs, Sven Erik Bucht, officially announced the USD 5.4 million Swedish aid to FAO to combat illegal, unreported unregulated fishing (IUU), at a meeting with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.
Read MoreSource & Author: UNCTAD UNCTAD held a side event on “Enhancing trade opportunities for Least Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States through the fisheries sector”, during the UN Ocean conference in New York.
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