Global

11 Oct
2016

Source: OEDC Insights Author: Antonia Leroy and Robert Akam, Natural Resources Policy, OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate The captain of a boat sinking his ship a few hundred kilometres off the coast of West Africa to hide his illicit catch. Migrants transported across the Mediterranean on rusty, leaking fishing vessels. A tonne of cocaine worth […]

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8 Oct
2016

Source: House of Ocean Author: Mercedes Rosello The sustainable use and conservation of the oceans is an objective recognised in the United Nation’s Agenda for 2030, as part of an overarching commitment to protect the planet from destructive production and consumption patterns.[1] The Agenda for Sustainable Development is a declaration establishing 17 sustainable development goals […]

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27 Sep
2016

Source: ESA Author: Dana Miller “Pirate” evokes images of legendary figures from the days of the great tall-masted sailing galleons, like Captain Henry Morgan, the famous 17th century “pirate of the Caribbean.” But piracy is still with us today, and modern pirates do not only steal from passing ships. They take from the common treasury of […]

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23 May
2016

Source: Huffington Post Author: Maria Damanaki If you were to sit down to dinner with four friends and all order seafood, it is more than likely that at least one of you would be eating a stolen fish. That fish doesn’t taste so good anymore, does it?

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16 May
2016

Source & Author: FAO FAO Port State Measures Agreement set to become binding law Illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing is about to become much more difficult thanks to the imminent entry into force of the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), a ground-breaking international accord championed by FAO.

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