Source: Reuters Author: Tom Miles China drew a blank among other major fishing nations on Wednesday with a WTO proposal to selectively ban subsidies for illegal fishing, as it resists pressure to curb its vast fleet.
Read MoreSource: MarineLink When it comes to fishing vessel safety, the mission is clear, says Sandra Allnutt of the International Maritime Organization (IMO): enhance safety to save lives.
Read MoreSource: ICTSD WTO negotiators now have an integrated text to consider in their efforts to craft global trade rules that would discipline harmful fisheries subsidies, in a development aimed at moving the talks into the next stage.
Read MoreSource: Marine Developments Author: Jake Turnbull Marine protected areas (MPAs) currently cover over 5% of the world’s ocean and are designed to protect and preserve various resources within their boundaries. This goes some way to meeting internationally agreed goals of 10% ocean protection by 2020, and 30% by 2030.
Read MoreSource: The Pew Charitable Trusts Author: Julie Janovsky International standards on vessel safety would protect workers and reduce maritime crime.
Read MoreSource: EU Reporter Author: Martin Banks The stark statistics speak for themselves. At current rates of consumption, plastic debris will most likely outnumber fish in the world’s oceans by 2050. More than 90% of fish stocks in the Mediterranean are over-exploited and the amount of carbon dioxide that humans will have released into the atmosphere […]
Read MoreSource: SeafoodNews.com Author: Amanda Buckle A total of 50 parties have joined the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), an international treaty aimed to curb illegal fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: Marine Executive Public and private actors from 112 countries around the world made commitments worth over $7 billion (€6 billion) to tackle global oceans challenges at the Our Ocean Conference 2017 held in Malta on October 5-6.
Read MoreSource & Author: ReliefWeb Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries is a key targets in pledges unveiled at ocean conference.
Read MoreSource: Insurance Journal Author: Alistair Doyle Until now, legal loopholes in defining pirate fishing have sometimes enabled trawler owners to gain insurance for vessels that harm global fish stocks. The EU list gives a common benchmark for outlawing vessels.
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