Source: odi Author: Alfonso Daniels, Miren Gutierrez, Gonzalo Fanjul, Arantxa Guereña, Ishbel Matheson and Kevin Watkins Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is at the centre of a crisis of sustainability. Nowhere is that crisis more visible than in western Africa. Current rates of extraction are driving several species towards extinction while jeopardising the livelihoods of […]
Read MoreSource: Quartz Author: Steve Mollman Indonesia already makes good use of one weapon against the foreign boats that routinely fish illegally in its vast waters: explosives. To discourage the activity—which costs it billions of dollars in lost revenue annually—the archipelago nation has been on a boat-blasting binge in recent years.
Read MoreSource & Author: WWF It is not surprising that the world’s largest Seafood Expo takes place in Europe every year – indeed, this reflects the fact that the EU is the world’s number 1 destination for seafood exports. With this position of course comes great responsibility, and the Expo, which is now in full swing […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kristin Von Kistowski, Senior Advisor, FISH-i Africa 9th Chatham House Forum on IUU Fishing discusses latest developments and solutions Where do we stand in the fight against IUU fishing in 2016? Progress has been made over the last years but more advances are needed to solve the problem. International and regional cooperation are crucial to […]
Read MoreSource: The New York Times Author: IAN URBINA The island nation has mounted an aggressive response to illegal fishing in their waters. How they protect themselves may help the rest of the world save all of the oceans.
Read MoreSource: The Guardian Author: Karl Mathiesen A new initiative is arming coastguards with satellite intelligence that allows them to target their search for pirate fishing vessels in remote marine areas.
Read MoreSource: The Guardian Author: Marc Gunther The plucky nonprofit, whose founder’s once dismissed warnings about offshore drilling foretold the BP oil spill, enlists help from Google and Oceana to create a website for tracking illegal fishing.
Read MoreSource: New York Times Author: Mark Young, The Pew Charitable Trusts Illegal Fishing accounts for roughly 1 out of every 5 fish taken from the seas. Poaching and the other crimes that come with it amount to big business, upwards of $23.5 billion every year.
Read MoreSource & Author: House of Ocean Council Regulation 1005 / 2008 (the IUU Regulation) is a European Union (EU) legislative tool designed to reinforce and support pre-existing normative measures established by the international community to control illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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