Source: House of the Ocean Author: Mercedes Rosello A few locals in Phuket gave me their views on the fishing vessel lockdown, in place following the moratorium imposed by the Ministry of Fisheries. This and other measures that the Thai fishing industry has had to implement have been largely prompted by an official warning by the […]
Read MoreSource & Author: EJF, Oceana, Pew, WWF MAIN CONCLUSIONS OF THE EVENT – This meeting was held under the Chatham House rule. The following document has been drafted to preserve the identity of participants and the principle of non-attribution.
Read MoreSource: EurActic.com Author: Georgi Gotev The European Commission issued yellow cards to Comoros and Taiwan on Thursday (1 October) , as they risk being identified as uncooperative in the fight against illegal fishing.
Read MoreSource: The Guardian Author: Arthur Nelsen World’s third-largest seafood exporter given six months to clean up its industry where ‘illegal fishing is almost totally allowed’
Read MoreSource: EJF Author: EJF, OCEANA, Pew, WWF Today, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and WWF welcomed the European Commission’s warning, or ‘yellow-carding’, of Thailand for not fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource: Korea Herald Author: Lee Jae-min One sticky issue that has haunted Korea for the past two years is now being put to rest. Almost simultaneously, Washington and Brussels are scratching off Korea from the list of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing countries.
Read MoreSource: The Salt Lake Tribune Author: Lorne Cook (AP) The European Union blacklisted Sri Lanka Monday for failing to combat illegal fishing, officially banning imports of fisheries products from Sri Lanka-flagged vessels into the EU.
Read MoreSource: Phys Org Author: WWF Illegally caught fish comprise a significant portion of both the global catch and of seafood imports, including to the world’s leading fish-consuming markets. To counter this, the EU enacted strong fisheries laws and in 2012 began issuing warnings to – and imposing sanctions on – states which are accused of […]
Read MoreSource: Yahoo! News Author: Julia Fioretti The European Commission has issued warnings to four Pacific and Caribbean countries for failing to crack down on illegal fishing, exposing them to a possible trade ban.
Read MoreSource: The Fishing Site Author: The Fishing Site News Desk In its fight against illegal fishing activities worldwide, the European Commission has proposed to ban imports of fisheries products from Sri Lanka to tackle the commercial benefits stemming from illegal fishing.
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