Source & Author: FishWise This white paper aims to serve as a resource for businesses, NGOs, and other seafood stakeholders as they plan and implement traceability and anti-IUU fishing protocols within supply chains.
Read MoreSource & Author: Oceana USA Bali, Indonesia – Oceana today released a report exposing the global scale of transshipping at sea, a practice that can mask illegal fishing practices and conceal human rights abuses.
Read MoreSource: Global Fishing Watch Author: Kimbra Cutlip It’s been just over five months since Global Fishing Watch launched publicly, and this week, we hope to make another splash by not just mapping global fishing activity, but by providing an unprecedented view of very specific activity by a very specific class of vessels around the world.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com A new report by the World Bank confirms that overexploitation is not a good strategy to manage a renewable natural resource like fish stocks, for steady profits, reliable jobs and long-term growth.
Read MoreSource: Natural Security Forum Authors: Mary Utermohlen and Phil Kittock Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has emerged as a significant threat to global economic stability and security, causing an estimated USD$10–23 billion in economic losses each year.
Read MoreSource & Author: The World Bank Billions of dollars are lost at sea but different paths to fisheries reform show promising results:
Read MoreSource & Author: Undercurrent News In a meeting on Jan. 24, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) members gave their initial review to a new paper from the group of least developed countries regarding principles and elements for new multilateral disciplines on fisheries subsidies.
Read MoreSource: CitizenSci Author: Adam Reyer Hundreds of millions of people depend on the ocean for their livelihoods, and almost 3 billion rely on it as a protein source. But countless threats — overfishing, destructive fishing practices, bycatch, dishonest catch reporting, habitat destruction — threaten our oceans and the people who depend on them.
Read MoreSource & Author: UNCTAD.org Objective: The objective of this briefing is to raise awareness within the trade community in Geneva about the High-Level United Nations Oceans Conference and the preparatory process.
Read MoreSource: Center for American Progress Authors: Trevor Sutton and Avery Siciliano Recent media investigations have revealed regular use of forced labor in the international seafood supply chain. Here’s how the U.S. government and the private sector should respond to curtail these abuses.
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