Source & Author: The Marine Executive A joint operation conducted on September 9 by the marine conservation group Sea Shepherd Global and the East Timor National Police (PNTL) resulted in the capture of the Hong Long Fisheries / Pingtan Marine Enterprises fishing fleet at anchor off the coast of Com, East Timor.
Read MoreSource: The Namibian Author: Adam Hartman The fisheries ministry has reported about five foreign vessels suspected of illegally fishing in Namibian waters to Angolan marine authorities, fisheries permanent secretary Moses Maurihungirire said last week.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS The Chinese government is willing to set up an intergovernmental communication and cooperation mechanism with Ecuador to protect marine flora and fauna and combat illegal fishing, said Zhang Xianliang, director general of fisheries and fisheries administration at the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture.
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource Author: Jason Holland Efforts to combat illegal fishing in the Asia Pacific Region have received a welcome shot in the arm through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Australia and Vietnam.
Read MoreSource & Author: Andina Peru will take stronger measures to combat illegal fishing incursions by foreign vessels once the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) is implemented, Production Minister Pedro Olaechea said Tuesday.
Read MoreSource: Science Direct Author: Henrik Christiansen, Nicolas Fournier, Bart Hellemans, Filip A.M. Volckaert. Highlights: •280 samples of fish dishes were collected in Brussels and molecularly tested. •Mislabeling was present in cod (13.1%), sole (11.1%) and bluefin tuna (95.0%). •Bluefin tuna was substituted mostly by other tuna species. •The overall mislabeling rate was 31.1% and 38.1% in EU canteens.
Read MoreSource: Daily Comet Author: Dan Boudreaux A new regulatory program that will go into effect next year would require seafood to be labeled with its country of origin.
Read MoreSource & Author: Port News IMO says, fishing continues to be considered the most hazardous occupation in the world, and despite the improvement in technology, the loss of life in the fisheries sector is unacceptably high.
Read MoreSource: The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper Author: Kolawole Talabi and Authur Debruyne The flowery legalese of any Fishing Partnership Agreement always appears to secure the sustainability of the domestic fisheries involved but really this economic document is Brussels’ strategy for plundering the abundant undersea resources of Africa’s maritime states. From Sao Tomé to Sierra Leone, evidence abounds […]
Read MoreSource & Author: Baird Maritime Australia and Vietnam will increase the level of cooperation between the two countries in an effort to combat illegal fishing in the Asia Pacific region.
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