Source: European Commission The European Commission is continuing its fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing worldwide by warning Vietnam, with a “yellow card”, about the risk of it being identified as a non-cooperating country.
Read MoreSource: Focus Taiwan Kaohsiung, Oct. 20 (CNA) A European Union (EU) delegation visited Chienchen Fishing Port in Kaohsiung Friday on an inspection tour of the facilities and the management of the Fisheries Agency (FA).
Read MoreSource: Undercurrent News The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and the Marine Ingredients Organization (IFFO) believe educating Asia consumers can be the most effective way of ending illegal fishing.
Read MoreSource: Focus Taiwan Author: S. M. Yang and Joseph Yeh The Fisheries Agency said Sunday it is confident that the European Commission will soon lift its “yellow card” against Taiwan, which was issued in 2015 as a warning that the country was at risk of being identified as uncooperative in the fight against illegal fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: Undercurrent News With Vietnam already wary over the possibility of an EU “yellow card” due to its lack of action in fighting illegal fishing, now the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has warned it to up its game, reports Vietnam News.
Read MoreSource: Focus Taiwan Author: Tang Pei-chun and William Yen The European Union will soon send a team to Taiwan to evaluate the effectiveness of the country’s measures to stop illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU), an EU official told CNA Thursday.
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource Author: Chris Loew World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Japan released a report in September examining the likelihood that illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) seafood products will enter the Japanese market, and presenting recommendations to keep these products out.
Read MoreSource & Author: Vietnam News The United States has introduced regulations related to fighting IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing. These will affect imported seafood products as of January 1, 2018.
Read MoreSource: Taipei Times Author: Lin Chia-nan Council of Agriculture Minister Lin Tsung-hsien (林聰賢) yesterday said he is optimistic that Taiwan can be removed from the European Commission’s warning list on illegal fishing this year, but Greenpeace Taiwan disagrees.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS The VietNam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) Marine Product Committee and Vietnamese seafood processors and exporters have promised to implement the EU’s demands on fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and the national action plan to combat it.
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