Source: Bangkok Post Author: Dumrongkiat Mala The United States Agency for International Development Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (Usaid Oceans) and UK satellite operator Inmarsat have signed a partnership agreement to improve traceability and promote sustainable fishing in Southeast Asia with the use of satellite communications.
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource Author: Christine Blank During a recent meeting in Thailand, the prime ministers of Thailand and Vietnam reaffirmed their commitment to suppressing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com Conservation organization WWF has expresssed its rejection of industrial fishing within the waters of the Galapagos Marine Reserve and the entry of non-permitted vessels to the protected area, following the recent seizure of a Chinese flagged ship loaded with species whose capture is illegal.
Read MoreSource: Global Fishing Watch Blog Author: Kimbra Cutlip We are often asked about how Global Fishing Watch can be effective when vessel captains can simply turn off their AIS. And our answer has always been, “they have to turn it back on sometime—especially when entering port, and intentional blackouts raise a red flag.” Our recent […]
Read MoreSource: Bangkok Post Author: Nonarit Bisonyabut The current Thai government’s new policy to create more systematic and efficient management of migrant workers can kill three birds with one stone.
Read MoreSource: PRI Author: Patrick Winn Thailand’s $7 billion fishing trade is among the world’s biggest. In recent years, it’s also been one of the most severely scandalized — an industry blighted by reports of slavery on fishing trawlers. Many of these tales recall 18th century-style barbarity at sea.
Read MoreSource: Online Library Author: Sara G. Lewis, Mariah Boyle Abstract: In the last decade, a range of drivers within the seafood sector have incentivized the application of traceability to issues beyond food safety and inventory management. Some of the issues motivating the expanded use of traceability within the global seafood sector include: increased media attention on […]
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource Author: Jewel Fraser When Trinidad and Tobago received a yellow card from the European Union last year for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the country’s government was motivated to take steps to remedy one of the problems plaguing the twin island nation’s fishing industry for decades.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com The Taiwanese Government imposed fines in 109 cases of illegal fishing involving deep-sea fishing vessels from Taiwan as of the end of July.
Read MoreSource: The New Food Economy Author: Katarina Zimmer Ships routinely transfer fish on the open ocean. Most of the time, no one’s watching.
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