Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts On World Tuna Day, experts discuss effect on supply chain, sustainability, fisheries management and consumers The global tuna fishing industry is among the many sectors enduring major impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tunas hold enormous cultural, ecological and economic significance around the world and thus must be managed sustainably, which […]
Read MoreStrong control measures for grouped fishery and aquaculture products placed in lots are key to tackling IUU fishing The current European Union (EU) fisheries Control Regulation came into force in 2010 and put into place a unified EU control system for ensuring rules of the Common Fisheries Policy are followed. The Control Regulation also sets […]
Read MoreSource: Undercurrent News The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has warned that the approval of 53 fresh requests for fishing licenses in Senegal could have dire effects for the local fishing community. The Senegalese fleet is “already grossly over-capacity”, EJF claims, noting that many of the trawlers requesting licenses have past records of illegal, unregulated or […]
Read MoreSource: Euronews The ongoing revision of the Fisheries Control Regulation provides a crucial opportunity to remove the continuing veil of secrecy that shrouds member states’ efforts to control their fishing fleet and that has allowed infringements of EU law to go unpunished. The EU is the largest market for seafood products in the world. Not […]
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource China’s government has given its fleet until 24 April to comment on a draft new regulatory system for the process of at-sea transshipment, vowing to “create a transparent system from sea to port” for the country’s distant-water fishery sector. Read more
Read MoreThe EU’s system of fisheries control is currently being revised. During the revision process, changes will be made to the form which accompanies imported seafood arriving at EU borders – the catch certificate. To allow for better traceability and an improved ability to detect illegally caught seafood, it is important that the information required on […]
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource The death of Kiribati fishery observer Eritara Aati Kaierua is prompting calls for reforms to fishery observer programs in the Pacific. Read more
Read MoreSource: Seapower Magazine WASHINGTON — Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) is a national security issue that threatens global economic order and the sovereignty of nations and that enforcement is over-stretched to counter the threat, U.S. officials said. IUU includes fishing without a permit, catching over a legal limit, catching the wrong species and catching fish that are too small. Speaking during a Navy League Sea-Air-Space: Virtual […]
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource Baseline international standards for human rights, labor conditions, and social responsibility in the seafood industry will have to wait. Read more
Read MoreRemoving illegally-caught fish from global seafood supply chains: How government and industry can complement each other The EU IUU Coalition, made up of the Environmental Justice Foundation, Oceana, The Nature Conservancy, The Pew Charitable Trusts and WWF, are hosting this event to demonstrate the benefits of seafood import controls in stopping IUU fishing. In particular, the […]
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