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11 Mar
2021

How Europe’s dark fishing fleets threaten West Africa

Source: E&T Cargo ships from around the world are moving untracked in African waters, where the rise of a new fishing activity affects everything from local biodiversity to piracy. Read more

11 Mar
2021

How ‘dolphin safe’ is canned tuna, really?

Source: National Geographic StarKist, Bumble Bee, and Chicken of the Sea are facing claims that they’re misleading shoppers. Read more

11 Mar
2021

It’s time to expand transparency at sea and traceability of seafood

Source: The Hill Author: Beth Lowell Your seafood dinner should not support the pillaging of the oceans or human rights abuses. These illicit activities at sea can impact the economy, environment and human rights. Read more

10 Mar
2021

New program will track ‘dark vessels’ illegally fishing the world’s seas

Source: Global News A new program involving Canadian company MDA, the Defence Department and DFO will use satellites to track so-called “dark vessels” engaged in illegal fishing. Read more

10 Mar
2021

WTO deal is within reach to remove harmful fishing subsidies and halt global fish meltdown

Source: World Economic Forum Every year, governments around the world pump $22 billion of public money into efforts that encourage overfishing. SDG 14 has explicit target to eliminate such harmful fisheries subsidies by 2020 through the conclusion of WTO negotiations that began 20 years ago. Under its new Director General, the WTO is within reach of a […]

9 Mar
2021

EU fisheries can only sustainably manage fish stocks if they are accurately measured | View

Source: Euronews Authors: EU Fisheries Control Coalition This week members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will take part in a vote that will prove crucial to the future of our seas, and the communities who depend on them. This vote is to amend the Fisheries Control Regulation, the EU’s system for monitoring, inspection, and enforcement […]

5 Mar
2021

ClientEarth: EU must go digital to crack down on illegal fishing

Source: SeafoodSource New research published by environmental law charity ClientEarth calls on European Union countries to urgently implement an online, union-wide system to track and prevent billions of dollars of illegally-caught fish from entering the market every year. Read more

4 Mar
2021

Thai Union partners with The Nature Conservancy on anti-IUU initiative

Source: SeafoodSource Thai Union has committed to full transparency in its international tuna supply chain by 2025. The Bangkok, Thailand-based seafood company, which notched more than USD 4.1 billion (EUR 3.3 billion) in revenue in 2019, signed a partnership with The Nature Conservancy on Wednesday, 3 March, committing to full supply-chain transparency across its global […]

3 Mar
2021

Oceana Calls for U.S. Action to End Illegal Fishing & Seafood Fraud

Source: Global Newswire President Biden Urged to Increase Transparency and Traceability of Seafood to Protect American Fishermen, Businesses, Consumers and Oceans Washington, DC, March 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Oceana published a report making the case for expanding transparency and traceability to end illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and seafood fraud. While the federal government […]

23 Feb
2021

Technology Can Improve Safety and Security for Observers on Fishing Vessels

Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts Devices with better connection and features boost users’ peace of mind at sea The eastern Pacific Ocean is home to valuable tuna fisheries worth more than $5 billion each year. These stocks are managed by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), which is responsible for ensuring the sustainable management of tunas and […]