Source: Environmental Justice Foundation Author: EJF Staff Responding to a recent article in the Phuket Gazette entitled “Thailand receives ranking upgrade combating IUU fishing” the Environmental Justice Foundation warns the Royal Thai Government still has a long-way to go to ensure the long-term sustainability of its fisheries.
Read MoreSource: Environmental Justice Foundation Author: Victoria Mundy Expert opinion provides clarity on member state legal obligations to control seafood imports under the European Union’s illegal fishing regulation – identifies breaches of EU law
Read MoreAuthor & Source: Environmental Justice Foundation Today, EJF and its partners* have published their analysis of implementation of the EU IUU Regulation by one of the key fishing countries in the EU – Spain. It highlights a number of meaningful achievements to date, both in the sphere of import controls to prevent illegally caught seafood […]
Read MoreSource & Author: Stop Illegal Fishing The new report The West Africa Task Force: Cooperation. Collaboration. Communication provides an insight into the establishment and operation of the West Africa Task Force.
Read MoreSource & Author: Stop Illegal Fishing An event organised by The Pew Charitable Trusts brought together key players from the maritime sector to highlight how threats to the maritime domain interact, and provide thoughts on how cooperation among stakeholders at a national, regional and international level is needed to successfully address each of these issues.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS Worldnews Swedish Minister of Rural Affairs, Sven Erik Bucht, officially announced the USD 5.4 million Swedish aid to FAO to combat illegal, unreported unregulated fishing (IUU), at a meeting with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.
Read MoreSource: Open Gov Asia Author: Priyankar Bhunia The country’s proprietary VMS data reveals commercial fishing in vast areas of the ocean where it had previously been invisible to the public or other countries.
Read MoreSource & Author: UNCTAD UNCTAD held a side event on “Enhancing trade opportunities for Least Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States through the fisheries sector”, during the UN Ocean conference in New York.
Read MoreSource: The Guardian Author: Fiona Harvey Voluntary initiative marks first time companies from Asia, Europe and US have joined together to stop overfishing, illegal catch and use of slave labour.
Read MoreSource: IISD Author: Catherine Benson Wahlen On the third day of the UN Ocean Conference, UN Member States drew attention to institutional developments for implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and highlighted commitments to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and to increase coverage of marine protected areas (MPAs) in their territorial […]
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