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26 Aug
2020

UK Seafood Industry Alliance endorses GDST 1.0 global traceability standards

Source: SeafoodSource The U.K. Seafood Industry Alliance (UK SIA) is the latest major industry stakeholder to endorse the new traceability standards published by the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) in March of this year. Read more

26 Aug
2020

‘It’s terrifying’: can anyone stop China’s vast armada of fishing boats?

Source: The Guardian Ecuador stood up for the Galápagos, but other countries don’t stand a chance against the 17,000-strong distant-water fleet The recent discovery by the Ecuadorean navy of a vast fishing armada of 340 Chinese vessels just off the biodiverse Galápagos Islands stirred outrage both in Ecuador and overseas. Read more

19 Aug
2020

Ocean Panel identifies organized crime as major threat to marine sustainability

Source: SeafoodSource The High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, a consortium of ocean-dependent countries founded in 2018 to initiate action to improve global marine sustainability efforts, has issued a report detailing the threat that organized crime poses to the fisheries sector. Read more

18 Aug
2020

‘Walls of death’: surge in illegal drift nets threatens endangered species

Source: The Guardian Fishing fleets are defying international ban, with deadly nets ensnaring dolphins, whales and other protected marine life Read more

2 Apr
2020

Oceans can be restored to former glory within 30 years, say scientists

Source: The Guardian Major review reports recovery of marine life but a redoubling of efforts is still needed The glory of the world’s oceans could be restored within a generation, according to a major new scientific review. It reports rebounding sea life, from humpback whales off Australia to elephant seals in the US and green […]

23 Mar
2020

IUU economic estimates climb as high as USD 50 billion in new study

Source: SeafoodSource Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has profound effects on the economies and pocketbooks of developing countries, removing billions of dollars worth of fish every year from the legal trading system. Read more

26 Feb
2020

Seafood importing countries could lock out illegal fish with better control schemes, group says

Source: SeafoodSource Aligning countries’ seafood import control schemes would reduce cost burdens for seafood companies while helping prevent illegally caught fish from reaching global markets. Read more

19 Feb
2020

Oversight of fishing vessels lacking, new analysis shows

Source: Science Daily Policies regulating fishing in international waters do not sufficiently protect officials who monitor illegal fishing, the prohibited dumping of equipment, or human trafficking or other human rights abuses, finds a new analysis by a team of environmental researchers. “These fisheries observers risk their lives to watch over industrial fishing activities, and yet […]

4 Feb
2020

Key US House panel presses for IUU imports study with apparent focus on China

Source: Undercurrent News The US House of Representative’s Committee on Ways and Means, one of Congress’s most influential panels with authority over all taxation, tariffs and other revenue-raising measures, has asked the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to investigate the import of illegal unreported and unregulated (IUU) seafood by the US. And the large, 44-member […]

9 Jan
2020

New NGO report compares import control schemes aimed at tackling IUU

Source: Undercurrent News Differences in global import control and catch documentation schemes allow illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing operators to exploit loopholes, and result in a lack of clarity and additional bureaucratic burden for industry, a group of NGOs has warned in a new report. Successfully tracing a seafood product through all relevant stages […]