Source & Author: Asia Pacific Report News of the return to green card status for Solomon Islands tuna into the European Union market provides much-deserved cause for celebration, says the chief of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA).
Read MoreSource & Author: FishWise This white paper aims to serve as a resource for businesses, NGOs, and other seafood stakeholders as they plan and implement traceability and anti-IUU fishing protocols within supply chains.
Read MoreSource: The Sunday Times Sri Lanka Author: S. Rubatheesan As many as 641 permits were issued to foreign fishing vessels between 2012 and 2015 despite warnings by the European Union (EU) that many of them were engaged in illegal fishing practices which ultimately cost Sri Lanka a ban on exports, the first application by the Sunday […]
Read MoreSource: Stop Illegal Fishing Author: Sally Frankom In March 2016, a joint operation between Spanish police and INTERPOL resulted in the arrest of six people linked to the fishing company Vidal Armadores.
Read MoreSource & Author: Sea Shepherd Global Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Sola Stella with the Liberian Ministry of National Defense: New campaign to eradicate illegal fishing kicks off with the arrest of three poaching vessels.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS Worldnews ANFACO-CECOPESCA was visited by a delegation of the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee, led by its Vice-President, Werner Kuhn, of the European People’s Party.
Read MoreSource & Author: Oceana USA Bali, Indonesia – Oceana today released a report exposing the global scale of transshipping at sea, a practice that can mask illegal fishing practices and conceal human rights abuses.
Read MoreSource: Global Fishing Watch Author: Kimbra Cutlip It’s been just over five months since Global Fishing Watch launched publicly, and this week, we hope to make another splash by not just mapping global fishing activity, but by providing an unprecedented view of very specific activity by a very specific class of vessels around the world.
Read MoreSource & Author: European Commission The European Commission has lifted today the ‘yellow cards’ for Curaçao and Solomon Islands, recognising the significant progress both countries have made in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com A new report by the World Bank confirms that overexploitation is not a good strategy to manage a renewable natural resource like fish stocks, for steady profits, reliable jobs and long-term growth.
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