The biennial meeting of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization’s Committee on Fisheries (COFI) is set to take place virtually, from today, 1 February, until 5 February 2021. The meeting is a key occasion for the international community to take stock of the impacts of global efforts against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) […]
Read MoreSource: Oceana Oceana Calls on President Biden to Increase Transparency and Traceability of Seafood to Protect Fishers, Businesses and Consumers Oceana today released the results of a nationwide poll finding that Americans overwhelmingly support policies to end illegal fishing and seafood fraud. Included among the key findings, 89% of voters agree that imported seafood should be held […]
Read MoreSource: Euronews In partnership with the European Commission On a fine winter day in the Vigo estuary in Galicia, Spain, José Manuel Sotelo Durán, a local fisherman, will spend most of his time on a fishing boat with his coworkers. He’s doing the job his grandfather and father taught him, his hard-earned fishing knowledge comes […]
Read MoreSource: The Guardian Crew on two vessels face further investigation in Pacific nation, a month after similar incident in Palau Two Chinese fishing vessels have been detained by Vanuatu authorities amid allegations they were fishing illegally in the Pacific nation’s territorial waters. Read more
Read MoreSource: The Guardian Environmental groups propose urgent plan to stop overfishing and safeguard marine life, as existing laws go unenforced A coalition of NGOs is calling for an urgent ban on destructive bottom trawling in EU marine protected areas, after the failure of member states to defend seas. Read more
Read MoreSource: The Maritime Executive On a sunny day in June 2019, the seven crew members of the artisanal fishing boat Mercedes Rosario spotted big international vessels off Peru’s Pacific coast. Captain Jorge Jacinto Galán decided to anchor nearby and wait for nightfall, when these vessels turn on their powerful lights to attract Humboldt squid in large numbers. […]
Read MoreSource: Science Authors: Andrew F. Johnson and Susanna Lidstrom Since the 1980s, China has developed into the most important player in global capture fisheries; the country now catches about 15% of the global total. As scientists and environmental groups called for an end to harmful fishing subsidies, China spent US$5.89 billion in 2018—more than twice […]
Read MoreSource: The Maritime Executive The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is joining the U.S. government’s effort to fight illegal fishing in far-flung waters. NOAA has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing) across borders and to promote sustainable fisheries abroad. […]
Read MoreOn 11 December 2020, the EU IUU Coalition (The Environmental Justice Foundation, Oceana, The Nature Conservancy, The Pew Charitable Trusts and WWF) co-hosted a webinar alongside the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the European Union’s (EU’s) pioneering EU IUU Regulation coming into force. Titled The […]
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource A new report from the Packard and Walton Family Foundations has identified five key areas of focus that the seafood industry would need to build upon to develop demand in emerging sustainability markets in Latin America and Asia, Walton Family Foundation (WFF) Senior Program Officer Teresa Ish said during the Latin American Summit for […]
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