Source: Stop Illegal Fishing Illegal fishers will find it increasingly difficult to get their catch to market, as Kenya becomes the 51st country to become party to the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA). This international treaty is designed to end illegal fishing by tightening controls exerted on fishing vessels as they access port services.
Read MoreSource: European Commission The European Commission is continuing its fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing worldwide by warning Vietnam, with a “yellow card”, about the risk of it being identified as a non-cooperating country.
Read MoreSource: Focus Taiwan Kaohsiung, Oct. 20 (CNA) A European Union (EU) delegation visited Chienchen Fishing Port in Kaohsiung Friday on an inspection tour of the facilities and the management of the Fisheries Agency (FA).
Read MoreSource: ICTSD WTO negotiators now have an integrated text to consider in their efforts to craft global trade rules that would discipline harmful fisheries subsidies, in a development aimed at moving the talks into the next stage.
Read MoreSource: Marine Developments Author: Jake Turnbull Marine protected areas (MPAs) currently cover over 5% of the world’s ocean and are designed to protect and preserve various resources within their boundaries. This goes some way to meeting internationally agreed goals of 10% ocean protection by 2020, and 30% by 2030.
Read MoreSource: Undercurrent News The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and the Marine Ingredients Organization (IFFO) believe educating Asia consumers can be the most effective way of ending illegal fishing.
Read MoreSource: Awoko The United Nations on 6 October 2017 called for strengthening the fight against illegal fishing, the United Nations food security agency has urged all countries to join a landmark global treaty that aims to rid the world of the multibillion-dollar scourge.
Read MoreSource: The Pew Charitable Trusts Author: Julie Janovsky International standards on vessel safety would protect workers and reduce maritime crime.
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource As the Caribbean continues its fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, fisheries officials agreed at a meeting last month to harmonize standards for marking authorized fishing vessels, as well as to establish a list of vessels involved in IUU fishing.
Read MoreSource: Focus Taiwan Author: S. M. Yang and Joseph Yeh The Fisheries Agency said Sunday it is confident that the European Commission will soon lift its “yellow card” against Taiwan, which was issued in 2015 as a warning that the country was at risk of being identified as uncooperative in the fight against illegal fishing.
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