Source: Mongabay Author: Alexandra Ossola Representatives of more than 80 nations met at UN headquarters in New York City to begin hashing out a new treaty to govern “the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity” on the international waters of the high seas.
Read MoreSource: The Guardian Author: Karl Mathiesen A new initiative is arming coastguards with satellite intelligence that allows them to target their search for pirate fishing vessels in remote marine areas.
Read MoreSource: The Guardian Author: Marc Gunther The plucky nonprofit, whose founder’s once dismissed warnings about offshore drilling foretold the BP oil spill, enlists help from Google and Oceana to create a website for tracking illegal fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: The Pew Charitable Trust Even illicitly caught fish comes to market through ports. That’s where to catch the bad guys.
Read MoreSource & Author: Pew Charitable Trusts In our modern age, groups ranging from government authorities, retailers or suppliers to meteorologists and farmers use technology to track people, objects, weather and produce, and more as they move from one place to another. In many cases, such as when national security or human lives are at stake, […]
Read MoreSource & Author: INTERPOL INTERPOL’s key role in combating illegal fishing activities worldwide has been recognized by the global fisheries community.
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