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Source: SeaFoodSource A group of 52 NGOs, retailers, seafood supply chain companies, and academic groups are urging the European Union fisheries ministers to add cameras and remote electronic monitoring (REM) to fishing fleets to help prevent illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. The group, which includes organizations like the WWF, Oceana, ClientEarth, and more, is calling […]

Source: Oceana New Tool, IUU Vessel Tracker, Displays Locations of Illegal Vessels Oceana launched a new tool that tracks illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU)-listed vessels. Using Global Fishing Watch data, Oceana’s IUU Vessel Tracker displays the movements of vessels currently IUU-listed by regional fishery management organizations (RFMOs). The Norway-based nonprofit organization Trygg Mat Tracking actively […]

Source: The Guardian China’s Pacific fishing fleet has grown by 500% since 2012 and is taking huge quantities of tuna.

Source: Euractiv In recent years, the EU has taken a “zero tolerance” approach to illegal fishing practices. Now its vision to stop such practices through increased transparency needs support, writes Pierre Karleskind. Pierre Karleskind is Chair of the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament.

Source: Environmental Justice Foundation The Ghanaian government’s failure to tackle illegal fishing has resulted in a second yellow card – a formal warning that could lead to a seafood export ban to the EU. The recently appointed Fisheries Minister must break with the past to enforce Ghana’s own laws and eradicate illegal fishing, while ensuring […]

Source: Oceana Oceana released a new analysis today that finds hundreds of foreign fishing vessels, primarily Chinese, pillaging the waters off Argentina and disappearing from public tracking systems. These distant-water fleets mainly fish for shortfin squid, which are vital to Argentina’s economy and the diet of numerous commercial and recreational species, such as tuna and […]