Source & Author: Asia Pacific Report News of the return to green card status for Solomon Islands tuna into the European Union market provides much-deserved cause for celebration, says the chief of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA).
Read MoreSource & Author: European Commission The European Commission has lifted today the ‘yellow cards’ for Curaçao and Solomon Islands, recognising the significant progress both countries have made in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: World Fishing & Aquaculture A failure by countries to voluntarily submit data on Atlantic and Patagonian toothfish catch risked catches being declared products of illegal fishing, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Australia said, reports Munyaradzi Makoni.
Read MoreSource & Author: Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) WCPFC13, DENARAU, FIJI ISLANDS 8th Dec 2016—Pacific nations are initiating a watch list of vessel masters linked to the WCPFC IUU vessel blacklist. The move to strengthen tracking of Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported fishing vessels with another layer of information listing vessel masters, is hoping to […]
Read MoreSource: Asia Pacific Report Author: Jane Usher Vanuatu has reached an agreement to pay a substantial fine to the Cooks Islands, after Rarotonga reported a Vanuatu-flagged fishing boat for possible blacklisting in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Vessel List.
Read MoreSource: Pasifik Author: Island Business/PACNEWS The Pacific Islands’ fight against illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing has gone up another notch with the successful completion of a five-day training in Fiji of fisheries officers of 10 island nations.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS The non-government organisation The Nature Conservancy calls for data scientists to join a technology challenge intended to transform Pacific tuna fisheries and ensure a sustainable seafood supply for generations.
Read MoreSource: Business Insider UK Author: Gus Lubin The island nation of Kiribati suspected that Marshalls 203 had violated its recently created no-fishing zone, but it didn’t have sufficient proof. That’s where Global Fishing Watch came in.
Read MoreSource: New Zealand Herald Author: Nicholas Jones Officials are sceptical of a study that claimed more than half of the fish caught in New Zealand waters do not show up in official records, Prime Minister John Key says.
Read MoreSource: The New York Times Author: IAN URBINA The island nation has mounted an aggressive response to illegal fishing in their waters. How they protect themselves may help the rest of the world save all of the oceans.
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