Source: AllAfrica Author: Premium Partner The African Development Bank’s African Natural Resources Center (ANRC) and the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) jointly organized a workshop on “Combatting illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing in West Africa.”
Read MoreSource & Author: EU Commission The global ocean economy is estimated at €1.3 trillion. Climate change, poverty and food security are some of the global challenges that can be effectively addressed, if oceans are better protected and sustainably managed.
Read MoreSource: Stop Illegal Fishing Author: Sally Frankcom The owners of the Greko 1 have agreed a 65 000 USD settlement to the Federal Government of Somalia for illegal fishing in Somali waters.
Read MoreSource & Author: European Parliament News A delegation of the Committee on Fisheries of the European Parliament visited Bangkok over the past week in order to obtain a first-hand experience of Thailand’s achievements in fighting against Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing and in protecting migrant workers employed by the fishing fleet.
Read MoreSource & Author: Victoria Mundy* On 25th October 2016, the European Parliament passed a resolution setting out concrete proposals to improve the uniformity and quality of fisheries controls across the European Union. The resolution emphasises the need for strengthened procedures and sanctions to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and identifies significant disparities in the […]
Read MoreSource & Author: WhoFishesFAR Reflagging by EU fishing vessels – the need for stricter standards
Read MoreSource: Stop Illegal Fishing Author: Sally Frankcom The Greek owned Belize flagged vessel Greko 1, on the run from Somali authorities, docked in Mombasa on 18th October 2016. The fugitive vessel had originally been denied port services at Mombasa in September 2016 but on this occasion, the Captain reported a sick crew member on-board and […]
Read MoreSource: FIS Author: The European Union Few issues demonstrate better the challenges that are at the centre of protecting the environment and supporting economic development, than the efforts to manage global fisheries. The overall picture remains alarming across the globe.
Read MoreSource & Author: Europa.eu A four-day campaign co-funded by the EU against illegal fishing off the West Africa Coast has shown concrete results in tackling illegal fishing in Western Africa. From 28 August to 1 September 2016, the West African Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) organised a regional operation at sea to control vessels fishing in […]
Read MoreSource & Author: WWF NGOs urge significant improvements to EU system to prevent illegal fish imports from entering the market Detailed recommendations for how the European Union (EU) can eliminate existing weaknesses in its system to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing were published today by WWF and partner NGOs*.
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