Source: The Sunday Times Sri Lanka Author: S. Rubatheesan As many as 641 permits were issued to foreign fishing vessels between 2012 and 2015 despite warnings by the European Union (EU) that many of them were engaged in illegal fishing practices which ultimately cost Sri Lanka a ban on exports, the first application by the Sunday […]
Read MoreSource & Author: The Liberian Observer Liberian authorities say they have impounded two foreign fishing vessels and are seeking US$1million in compensation, the Ministry of National Defense has confirmed.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com Thailand hopes its status will be upgraded in the annual United States Trafficking in Persons report (TIP), as it has intensified prosecutions for human trafficking.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS As part of the measures to address illegal fishing, the Royal Thai Navy launched an operation on Monday to inspect 160 fishing piers in six provinces along the Andaman coast.
Read MoreSource & Author: International Organisation for Migration A new government decree based in part on IOM’s ground-breaking research into human trafficking in the Indonesian fisheries will address chronic human rights abuses in the industry, the country’s Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) says.
Read MoreSource: Oceana Europe MEP Linnéa Engström, Vice-Chair of the Fisheries Committee and Rapporteur on European External Fishing Fleet, urges MEPs to vote for robust and ambitious reform of the Regulation governing the EU’s large external fishing fleet in Plenary, on February 2nd. In particular, Engström highlights the need to support a public database of authorised vessels, and […]
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS The Fisheries Agency confirmed that 15 by-laws under three fishery laws will take effect on 20 January as part of the government’s strategy to get Taiwan removed from a European Union (EU) watch list of countries that have not acted against illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource: Taipei Times Author: Staff writer, with CNA COMPLIANCE: The agency discussed the changes with visiting EU officials to ensure that they are adequate to have the nation removed from the EU’s fishery watch list.
Read MoreSource: The New Indian Express Author: P K Balachandran COLOMBO: Imposition of a heavy fine on those who indulge in illegal fishing is a European Union (EU) requirement, and therefore, there is no way Sri Lana can exempt Tamil Nadu fishermen from being fined heavily for poaching in Sri Lankan waters and using banned methods of […]
Read MoreSource: The Guardian Author: Kate Hodal Report alleges exposure of human rights abuses including trafficking and labour exploitation has simply prompted move to more remote waters.
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