Source: SeafoodSource Author: Madelyn Kearns A bill recently passed by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and the Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee, which seeks to include shrimp within the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, has been applauded by leaders within the National Chamber of Aquaculture of Ecuador.
Read MoreSource: GreenBiz Author: Danielle Beurteaux Inexpensive seafood can come at a high price.
Read MoreSource & Author: Mapama Afecta a 9 personas físicas y 3 jurídicas, todas de nacionalidad española, por su participación en la propiedad, gestión y explotación de estos buques.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and the Environment (MAPAMA) has initiated a disciplinary proceeding against the owners and managers of the vessels Thunder and Tchaw.
Read MoreSource & Author: Sea Shepherd Global Yesterday the Spanish government announced that six Spanish nationals and six Spanish companies involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Southern Ocean have been fined a combined total of more than €5.2 million euros by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and the Environment […]
Read MoreSource: Pattaya Mail Author: NNT BANGKOK-The Command Center for Combating Illegal Fishing (CCCIF) has revealed that a foreign boat was recently impounded in Thai waters after it was found to be in violation of fishery laws.
Read MoreSource: Environmental Justice Foundation Author: EJF Staff Taiwan is one of Asia’s most advanced economies. It has one of the world’s most significant fishing fleets, with the world’s largest fleet of longline tuna vessels – supplying some of the world’s largest seafood companies – and a fishing industry worth some $3 billion annually. But behind this […]
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource Author: Jason Holland More than one-third of the wild-caught fisheries products imported into Japan – one of the world’s biggest seafood markets – could come from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) activities, claims a new study.
Read MoreSource: Pew Trust Magazine Author: Anne Usher Pew helped Interpol create a network for sharing information among nations fighting illegal fishing—and halted a ship’s infamous career.
Read MoreSource: Asian Review Author: Marwaan Macan-Markar EU and US consider action on illegal fishing practices, worker abuse.
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