Source: 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.
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26 Oct
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19 Oct
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Source: 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.
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19 Oct
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2017
Source: 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.
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16 Oct
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2017
Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts Author: Julie Janovsky International standards on vessel safety would protect workers and reduce maritime crime.
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13 Oct
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Source: 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 […]
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10 Oct
2017
2017
Source: 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.
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7 Oct
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2017
Source & 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.
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6 Oct
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Source & Author: ReliefWeb Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries is a key targets in pledges unveiled at ocean conference.
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6 Oct
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2017
Source: 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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5 Oct
2017
2017
Source: Euractiv Author: Javier Garat and Linnéa Engström The European Commission needs to work out more effective rules to ensure that only fish meeting high social and environmental standards can enter the EU market, as well as a better implementation of the EU control regime in general, argue Linnéa Engström and Javier Garat.
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