To mark the International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, the EU IUU Coalition has released recommendations for new measures to be adopted by four key Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) in order to increase transparency and tackle IUU fishing globally. RFMOs play a vital role in the conservation and […]
Read MoreSource: The Pew Charitable Trusts Increased cooperation, collective accountability demonstrate a pathway to change A year ago, we observed the second annual United Nations-declared International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing with a look at successes and with a cautious optimism that the global community was headed in the right direction. While […]
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource The government of Indonesia is calling for reforms in fisheries management after four deaths amongst the crew of a Chinese longliner. Read more
Read MoreSource: MercoPress Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU). These three adjectives ultimately jeopardize the whole of the fisheries sector. IUU fishing can destroy the livelihoods of fishing communities, harm food security and nutrition, damage fair local and international trade, and often give way to unsafe and indecent working conditions, sometimes even crime. Read more
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource Pacific Fisheries officials, on 21 May, extended a suspension of 100 percent observer coverage requirements on all purse-seiners fishing in the waters of member-nations to 31 July. Read more
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource The Organization of Associated Producers of Large Freezer Tuna Vessels (OPAGAC), a Spain-based association of nine operators of 47 tuna purse-seiners fishing in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, has called upon the European Union to revise its criteria for allowing seafood imports from China. Read more
Read MoreHow governments and industry can complement each other Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a global threat to the health and sustainability of our fisheries. Many key seafood industry actors – from suppliers to retailers – actively seek to ensure that no illegally caught seafood enters their supply chains. To strengthen these efforts, more […]
Read MoreSource: Seafood Source The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new considerations with regards to social distancing and travel restrictions, and these have had a significant impact on the monitoring, control, and surveillance of fisheries activities. Read more
Read MoreSource: The Guardian The people who monitor ships for illegal fishing and labour practices have been vanishing under suspicious circumstances Read more
Read MoreSource: World Economic Forum Author: Rashid Sumaila The COVID-19 recovery is a chance to foster a truly sustainable ocean economy. To that end, the world must work together to end harmful subsidies that encourage overfishing and exploitation. Funds should be diverted to encourage sustainable fishing practices – and the WTO has a crucial role to […]
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