Source & Author: Awoko Newspaper Parliament of Sierra Leone on Thursday 1 June 2017, debated and ratified the Agreement on “Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing” in the country to yield more revenue dividends for Government and to conform to international best practices.
Read MoreSource: Bangkok Post Author: Apinya Wipatayotin Traceability will help consumers choose. The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has stepped up cooperation with the Japanese government to fight Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing activity (IUU).
Read MoreSource & Author: Stimson In advance of the United Nations Oceans Conference in New York next week, the Stimson Center’s Environmental Security team is pleased to officially release our new illegal fishing database.
Read MoreSource & Author: United Nations News Centre A new agreement aimed at stopping rogue fishing practices represents the capstone of years of diplomatic effort to combat the scourge of illegal fishing, according to the United Nations agriculture agency.
Read MoreSource & Author: The Fish Site More efforts are needed if the EU is to have an effective fisheries control system in place, according to a new report from the European Court of Auditors.
Read MoreSource & Author: United Nations News Centre For the first time since a United Nations-brokered treaty to stop illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing went into force, the countries that endorsed it are meeting in Norway to discuss how to make it a success.
Read MoreSource: IUU Risk Intelligence Author: Pramod Ganapathiraju Policing the Open Seas report is the most comprehensive global evaluation of Fisheries Monitoring Control and Surveillance to date covering more than 80 countries.
Read MoreSource: Front Page Africa Author: Lennart Dodoo Liberia has been sternly warned by the European Union to tighten its screws against illegal fishing, being the world’s second biggest ship registry in the world with over 100 fishing vessels registered under its flag.
Read MoreSource & Author: Undercurrent News The Pew Charitable Trusts has praised the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s announcement that Japan has ratified the port state measures agreement, an international treaty designed to curb illegal fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: European Commission Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Comoros have been identified as non-cooperating third countries under the EU’s regulation to fight and deter illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, while Liberia has been pre-identified.
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