Source and Author: USA OCEANA Oceana Applauds Groundbreaking First Step towards Ensuring that All Seafood Sold in US is Safe, Legally Caught and Honestly Labeled
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8 Dec
2016
2016
Americas
1 Dec
2016
2016
Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts Author: Tony Long Panama now joins 36 other countries and the European Union in ratifying the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), an international treaty aimed at curbing illegal fishing. Each year, up to 26 million tons of fish are stolen from our seas. That translates into 1 in every 5 […]
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17 Nov
2016
2016
Source & Author: FIS The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) this week presented a cooperation project to support eleven Latin American and Caribbean countries to put an end to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
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1 Nov
2016
2016
Source: Business Insider UK Author: Gus Lubin The island nation of Kiribati suspected that Marshalls 203 had violated its recently created no-fishing zone, but it didn’t have sufficient proof. That’s where Global Fishing Watch came in.
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13 Sep
2016
2016
Source: Politico Author: Johan Bergenas At the State Department’s “Our Ocean” conference this week, environmentalists need to engage with the security community.
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2 Aug
2016
2016
Source & Author: NOAA Fisheries NOAA Fisheries published a final rule establishing regulations to integrate the collection of trade documentation within the International Trade Data System, and requiring electronic information through a single automated portal. The effective date for implementation is September 20, 2016.
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28 Apr
2016
2016
Source: MarketWired Author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada Canada and the European Union signed a joint statement today to work together more closely to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the world’s oceans.
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10 Nov
2015
2015
Source & Arthor: FIS Worldnews With President Barack Obama’s signature, bill HR 774, on the illegal unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing enforcement act has become law in the United States.
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6 Nov
2015
2015
Source & Author: NOAA Implements international agreements restricting port access for vessels involved with illegal fishing, promotes sustainable management of eastern Pacific fishery
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17 May
2015
2015
Source: The IUU Fishing Blog Author: House of the Ocean Nobody can tackle IUU fishing alone: Will opportunities for global leadership be grasped?
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