Source & Author: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations An FAO-led push to establish internationally agreed standards that can guide the development of catch documentation schemes aimed at keeping illegally caught fish off store-shelves and consumers’ plates has taken an important step forward.
Read MoreSource & Author: The Montserrat Reporter Online Five French nationals are likely to face charges and appear in court later this week after they were detained following a joint patrol involving Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force (ABDF) and US Coast Guard.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment denied the information released by Greenpeace in relation to the joint action carried out with the Fisheries Surveillance Department of Guinea Bissau (FISCAP).
Read MoreSource & Author: Netralnews.com Indonesia and the United Kingdom have agreed to strengthen cooperation to deal with illegal fishing by developing the national water surveillance satellite technology.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS.com Thai authorities intend to set a number of measures to further regulate vessels and fishery-related activities as part of a strategy to deal with illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource & Author: Concilium.Europa.EU The Council adopted conclusions on “International ocean governance: an agenda for the future of our oceans”.
Read MoreSource: The Pew Charitable Trusts Author: Mark Richardson International cooperation and alerts are key to netting major offenders.
Read MoreSource & Author: StopIllegalFishing.com Joint patrols by the Fisheries Surveillance Department of Guinnea Bissau, FISCAP, and Greenpeace (www.Greenpeace.org/Africa/en) have resulted in the arrest of four fishing vessels illegally operating in Guinnea Bissau’s maritime territory.
Read MoreSource & Author: Undercurrent News The shrimp vessel detained by Liberian authorities for fishing in their waters without a license may have been steered off-course by technical issues on board, Atlantic Shrimpers — part of shrimp group Primstar — told Undercurrent News.
Read MoreSource: FOCUS TAIWAN Authors: Yang Shu-min and Elizabeth Hsu Taipei, March 24 (CNA) The Council of Agriculture (COA) slapped a fine of NT$1.2 million (US$39,000) Friday on a fishing boat registered in Donggang, Pingtung County in southeastern Taiwan, for illegally operating in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.
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