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On 9 December 2021, the EU IUU Fishing Coalition held an online event, with over 120 participants, to launch its new study on aligning Catch Documentation Schemes in RFMOs to combat IUU fishing. The report documents the current lack of harmonisation between CDS regimes across RFMOs, as well as their lack of compatibility with two […]

Catch documentation schemes (CDS) are one of the most effective tools to combat illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing. Well-designed CDS improve seafood traceability and help verify the legality of fish catches through what often are complex and international supply chains. However, there are currently many CDS systems around the world, and they don’t all […]

Source: Fishermen’s News A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office recommends that the Defense Department determine whether it has authority to continue working with other nations to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing at sea.

Source: MercoPress In a joint operation, the Argentine Navy and Coast Guard are monitoring and keeping track of an estimated 300 Chinese fishing vessels that are sailing from the Pacific to the South Atlantic across the Magellan Strait.

Source: The Seattle Times Chinese squid vessels were documented using wide nets to illegally catch already overfished tuna as part of a surge in unregulated activity in the Indian Ocean, according to a new report by Norway-based watchdog group that highlights growing concerns about the lack of international cooperation to protect marine species on the […]

Source: Rappler.com It’s been five years since fisherman Domingo Dumaran last went out to catch fish in Scarborough Shoal, a marine-rich area in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Despite the landmark 2016 Hague ruling affirming the Philippines’ rights to the waters, China has vehemently rejected this ruling and continued to send its own large vessels […]

Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts Seminars co-sponsored by Pew and South Korea seek to harmonize standards and increase adoption of technology

Source: SeafoodSource Seafood2030 recently hosted a Virtual Forum on 1 and 2 December, focusing on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and systems being developed to fight it. The event was recorded and can be watched at https://seafood2030.vfairs.com/. Featured in a previous forum was the Stanford Center for Oceans’ recent work studying IUU fishing and the […]

Source: Food Navigator Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is on the rise, according to a new report from Planet Tracker, a financial think-tank that wants to see the loopholes tightened.

Source: Dialogo Chino Illegal vessels threaten the livelihoods of smaller scale fishers in northern Peru. But as the sector seeks formalisation, these aren’t the only challenge they face.