Source: The Maritime Executive The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has published a report from a Chinese tuna longliner where four crew reportedly died after being denied medical care. Read more
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4 May
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22 Apr
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Source: SeafoodSource China’s government has given its fleet until 24 April to comment on a draft new regulatory system for the process of at-sea transshipment, vowing to “create a transparent system from sea to port” for the country’s distant-water fishery sector. Read more
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7 Apr
2020
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Source: Mongabay A new report based on interviews with migrant fishers on three tuna fishing vessels operating out of Taiwan suggests that forced labor and illegal fishing practices continue within major tuna supply chains, despite efforts by companies and governments to stamp them out. The fishers’ allegations included deception, physical violence, wage deductions, debt bondage, […]
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31 Mar
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Source: SeafoodSource A new series of regulations on China’s distant-water fleet set to enter into force in April will force further transparency on the fleet and will crack down on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activity, according to a government document announcing the rules. Read more
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3 Mar
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Source: Mongabay The administration of Indonesian President Joko Widodo has proposed a sweeping slate of deregulation to boost investment, affecting laws on fisheries, maritime affairs, and coastal and small island development. Experts have warned that some of the proposed revisions will hurt small-scale and traditional fishers, who account for much of the country’s fishing fleet. […]
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2 Mar
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Source: The Asean Post Relations between the EU and some ASEAN member states have been tense in recent years because of the seafood trade, stemming from the European Commission’s (EC) sanctions related to the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. As Chair of ASEAN 2020, Vietnam hopes to promote cooperation among ASEAN member states and […]
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17 Jan
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Source: SeafoodSource In 2017, two South Korean vessels were caught fishing illegally and violating conservation measures in the region governed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, but were not sanctioned and instead were allowed to sell their fish on the international market. Read more
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16 Dec
2019
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Source: Undercurrent News Several non-governmental organizations are welcoming the progress that South Korea is making in addressing the threat of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing even as they have concerns about an official at the government’s seafood certification body. In a press release from Environmental Justice Foundation, the Citizens’ Institute for Environmental Studies and the […]
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6 Dec
2019
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Source: The Maritime Executive Author: Sally Yozell, The Stimpson Center Commercial fishing employs more than 40 million people in a global market estimated to have reached $156 billion in 2017. Despite its size and importance, the fishing industry remains shrouded in mystery, lacking crucial information about where and how much fish is being caught, vessel […]
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20 Nov
2019
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Source: SeafoodSource The Tokyo Seafood Sustainability Symposium continues to encourage dialogue around seafood sustainability issues in Japan and beyond. Read more
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