Source & Author: The Fish Site More efforts are needed if the EU is to have an effective fisheries control system in place, according to a new report from the European Court of Auditors.
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30 May
2017
2017
Month: May 2017
29 May
2017
2017
Source & Author: United Nations News Centre For the first time since a United Nations-brokered treaty to stop illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing went into force, the countries that endorsed it are meeting in Norway to discuss how to make it a success.
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25 May
2017
2017
Source: IUU Risk Intelligence Author: Pramod Ganapathiraju Policing the Open Seas report is the most comprehensive global evaluation of Fisheries Monitoring Control and Surveillance to date covering more than 80 countries.
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24 May
2017
2017
Source: Front Page Africa Author: Lennart Dodoo Liberia has been sternly warned by the European Union to tighten its screws against illegal fishing, being the world’s second biggest ship registry in the world with over 100 fishing vessels registered under its flag.
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23 May
2017
2017
Source & Author: Undercurrent News The Pew Charitable Trusts has praised the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s announcement that Japan has ratified the port state measures agreement, an international treaty designed to curb illegal fishing.
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23 May
2017
2017
Source & Author: European Commission Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Comoros have been identified as non-cooperating third countries under the EU’s regulation to fight and deter illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, while Liberia has been pre-identified.
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22 May
2017
2017
Author: Irene Vidal, Environmental Justice Foundation Much like a car is identified by its license plate, or a person by their ID number or passport, a fishing vessel should be easily identifiable to authorities anywhere in the world. Fishing vessels have a name and a registration number, but do those really work?
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17 May
2017
2017
Source & Author: Bangkok Post Working conditions on fishing boats fall through the crackdown net.
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11 May
2017
2017
Source & Author: Undercurrent News Japanese Parliament agreed unanimously to ratify the first international treaty tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing—the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA)—on Wednesday, the Nature Conservancy said in a release.
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8 May
2017
2017
Source: Quartz Media LLC Author: Abdi Latif Dahir Greenpeace says poor government communication and coordination is hurting West Africa’s ability to combat illegal fishing, costing it billions of dollars each year in the process. The problem has become so severe that it is threatening food security in the region, the environmental group says in a new […]
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