Source: Environmental Justice Foundation Author: EJF Staff Responding to a recent article in the Phuket Gazette entitled “Thailand receives ranking upgrade combating IUU fishing” the Environmental Justice Foundation warns the Royal Thai Government still has a long-way to go to ensure the long-term sustainability of its fisheries.
Read MoreSource: Open Gov Asia Author: Priyankar Bhunia The country’s proprietary VMS data reveals commercial fishing in vast areas of the ocean where it had previously been invisible to the public or other countries.
Read MoreSource & Author: Jakarta Globe Indonesia and Norway have agreed to work together to combat fisheries crime, marine pollution and blue carbon, and to preserve the health of the world’s ocean.
Read MoreSource: Bangkok Post Author: Apinya Wipatayotin Traceability will help consumers choose. The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has stepped up cooperation with the Japanese government to fight Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing activity (IUU).
Read MoreSource & Author: Undercurrent News The Pew Charitable Trusts has praised the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s announcement that Japan has ratified the port state measures agreement, an international treaty designed to curb illegal fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: Bangkok Post Working conditions on fishing boats fall through the crackdown net.
Read MoreSource & Author: Undercurrent News Japanese Parliament agreed unanimously to ratify the first international treaty tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing—the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA)—on Wednesday, the Nature Conservancy said in a release.
Read MoreSource: Quartz Media LLC Author: Abdi Latif Dahir Greenpeace says poor government communication and coordination is hurting West Africa’s ability to combat illegal fishing, costing it billions of dollars each year in the process. The problem has become so severe that it is threatening food security in the region, the environmental group says in a new […]
Read MoreSource & Author: Antara News Indonesia will seek the support of the United Nations to declare illegal fishing as a transnational organized crime, Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Susi Pudjiastuti said here on Saturday.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS A study on the socio-economic and environmental benefits of the Tuna Fisheries Improvement Project in the Philippines reveals that the changes driven by the European market towards sustainable development are having a large positive impact on developing countries.
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