MCS & enforcement

3 Oct
2017

Source: Taipei Times Author: Lin Chia-nan Council of Agriculture Minister Lin Tsung-hsien (林聰賢) yesterday said he is optimistic that Taiwan can be removed from the European Commission’s warning list on illegal fishing this year, but Greenpeace Taiwan disagrees.

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30 Sep
2017

Source & Author: Journal du Cameroun Thirteen Senegalese fishermen were Friday expelled from Mauritania for illegal fishing, a source said on Saturday in Nouakchott.The 13 were arrested in Nouadhibou, the economic capital, over the last few days, while fishing without any permit, the source said.

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27 Sep
2017

Source & Author: Stop Illegal Fishing A new report from Stop Illegal Fishing takes a look at the work of the FISH-i Africa Task Force and focuses attention on the actions and cooperation that are still needed to tackle illegal fishing in the Western Indian Ocean.

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25 Sep
2017

Source: Manila Bulletin Author: Madelaine B. Miraflor While the country continuously lose money on the weight of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is claiming it needs more budget moving forward in order to upgrade its assets used for monitoring.

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25 Sep
2017

Source & Author: Undercurrent News New technology and other improvements have been introduced in the Thai fishing fleet in an effort to get Thailand removed from the EU’s “watch list” for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, reports the Nation.

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