Source: ICTSD Author: Carl-Christian Schmidt Eliminating subsidies that contribute to illegal fishing activities, formulating enforceable WTO rules, and using a well-established forum for informed discussions among flag, coastal and subsidising states could prove a novel and useful addition to the toolbox of measures to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
Read MoreSource: Undercurrent News Author: Tom Seaman A US judge has ruled against a lawsuit from the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), two trade groups and several large seafood players, which opposes a traceability rule, dubbed the “Seafood Import Monitoring Program”, or SIMP.
Read MoreSource: The Nation Nigeria Author: Precious Igbonwelundu Operatives of the Nigerian Navy (NN) have arrested four trawlers belonging to a Chinese Company and 79 suspects for Illegal and Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: Oceana New Rule Will Reduce Amount of Illegally Caught and Mislabeled Seafood Entering U.S.
Read MoreSource & Author: Reuters An Ecuadorean judge has jailed 20 Chinese fishermen for up to four years for illegally fishing off the Galapagos Islands, where they were caught with 6,600 sharks.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com Through its General Directorate of Supervision, Inspection and Sanction, the Ministry of Production (PRODUCE) has been coordinating joint actions with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in order to adopt measures to help curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource: Bangkok Post Author: Dumrongkiat Mala The United States Agency for International Development Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (Usaid Oceans) and UK satellite operator Inmarsat have signed a partnership agreement to improve traceability and promote sustainable fishing in Southeast Asia with the use of satellite communications.
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource Author: Christine Blank During a recent meeting in Thailand, the prime ministers of Thailand and Vietnam reaffirmed their commitment to suppressing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com Conservation organization WWF has expresssed its rejection of industrial fishing within the waters of the Galapagos Marine Reserve and the entry of non-permitted vessels to the protected area, following the recent seizure of a Chinese flagged ship loaded with species whose capture is illegal.
Read MoreSource: Global Fishing Watch Blog Author: Kimbra Cutlip We are often asked about how Global Fishing Watch can be effective when vessel captains can simply turn off their AIS. And our answer has always been, “they have to turn it back on sometime—especially when entering port, and intentional blackouts raise a red flag.” Our recent […]
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