Source: ICTSD Author: Gilles Hosch Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a persistent and global problem that undermines the achievement of sustainable fisheries and can have harmful impacts on sustainable development priorities such as food security, economic development, and fighting organised crime.
Read MoreSource & Author: Blue & Green Tomorrow Can the global marine insurance industry aid Oceana in their battle to end illegal fishing?
Read MoreSource: OEDC Insights Author: Antonia Leroy and Robert Akam, Natural Resources Policy, OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate The captain of a boat sinking his ship a few hundred kilometres off the coast of West Africa to hide his illicit catch. Migrants transported across the Mediterranean on rusty, leaking fishing vessels. A tonne of cocaine worth […]
Read MoreSource: House of Ocean Author: Mercedes Rosello The sustainable use and conservation of the oceans is an objective recognised in the United Nation’s Agenda for 2030, as part of an overarching commitment to protect the planet from destructive production and consumption patterns.[1] The Agenda for Sustainable Development is a declaration establishing 17 sustainable development goals […]
Read MoreSource: ESA Author: Dana Miller “Pirate” evokes images of legendary figures from the days of the great tall-masted sailing galleons, like Captain Henry Morgan, the famous 17th century “pirate of the Caribbean.” But piracy is still with us today, and modern pirates do not only steal from passing ships. They take from the common treasury of […]
Read MoreSource & Author: Oceana Oceana, SkyTruth and Google today launched the public Beta of Global Fishing Watch, a new online technology platform that allows anyone in the world free access to monitor and track the activities of the world’s largest commercial fishing vessels in near real-time.
Read MoreSource and Author: European Commission The Commission has proposed to lift the “red card” and the associated trade measures for fisheries products from the Republic of Guinea, following significant improvements to its national fisheries governance to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource: Politico Author: Johan Bergenas At the State Department’s “Our Ocean” conference this week, environmentalists need to engage with the security community.
Read MoreSource: EcoWatch Author: Oceana Oceana released a new report Wednesday detailing the global scale of seafood fraud, finding that on average, one in five of more than 25,000 samples of seafood tested worldwide was mislabeled.
Read MoreSource & Author: Europa.eu A four-day campaign co-funded by the EU against illegal fishing off the West Africa Coast has shown concrete results in tackling illegal fishing in Western Africa. From 28 August to 1 September 2016, the West African Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) organised a regional operation at sea to control vessels fishing in […]
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