Source & Author: Stop Illegal Fishing In a move designed to control Nigerian flagged fishing vessels Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department of Fisheries has made it mandatory for all eligible national or state flagged fishing vessels to obtain and mark International Maritime Organization (IMO) numbers on their vessels on or before […]
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS In order to move forward with repression of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices worldwide, NOAA Fisheries has published its 2017 Biennial Report to Congress.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS The Fisheries Agency confirmed that 15 by-laws under three fishery laws will take effect on 20 January as part of the government’s strategy to get Taiwan removed from a European Union (EU) watch list of countries that have not acted against illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: UNCTAD.org Objective: The objective of this briefing is to raise awareness within the trade community in Geneva about the High-Level United Nations Oceans Conference and the preparatory process.
Read MoreSource: Taipei Times Author: Staff writer, with CNA COMPLIANCE: The agency discussed the changes with visiting EU officials to ensure that they are adequate to have the nation removed from the EU’s fishery watch list.
Read MoreSource: Center for American Progress Authors: Trevor Sutton and Avery Siciliano Recent media investigations have revealed regular use of forced labor in the international seafood supply chain. Here’s how the U.S. government and the private sector should respond to curtail these abuses.
Read MoreSource & Author: Port News IMO has organized and funded exercises dealing with transnational organized crimes at sea, for maritime law enforcement officials from Djibouti Code of Conduct signatory States.
Read MoreSource: Oceana Author: Vanya Vulperhorst EU vessels operate outside EU waters under different authorisation types. The EU, on behalf of its member states signs public access agreements (also called Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements or SFPAs) with a non-EU coastal State.
Read MoreSource: Impakter Authors: Annick Vanhoutte and Blaise Kuemlangan Despite the many efforts to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU-fishing) in areas under national jurisdiction and on the high seas, the scourge persists. Each year, IUU fishing is responsible for annual catches of up to 26 million tons, with a value of up to 23 billion USD which negatively affects […]
Read MoreSource & Author: The Fish Site EU – A new report from ClientEarth, focusing on England, the Republic of Ireland, France and Poland, shows that the control legislation underpinning the Common Fisheries Policy has been implemented late, badly, or sometimes not at all. Fines for illegal fishing are infrequent and, when they are given, they […]
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