Source: House of Ocean Author: Mercedes Rosello The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has announced that it will trigger the procedure for withdrawal from the European Union (EU or Union) in March this year.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS In order to move forward with repression of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices worldwide, NOAA Fisheries has published its 2017 Biennial Report to Congress.
Read MoreSource & Author: UNCTAD.org Objective: The objective of this briefing is to raise awareness within the trade community in Geneva about the High-Level United Nations Oceans Conference and the preparatory process.
Read MoreSource & Author: Port News IMO has organized and funded exercises dealing with transnational organized crimes at sea, for maritime law enforcement officials from Djibouti Code of Conduct signatory States.
Read MoreSource: Impakter Authors: Annick Vanhoutte and Blaise Kuemlangan Despite the many efforts to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU-fishing) in areas under national jurisdiction and on the high seas, the scourge persists. Each year, IUU fishing is responsible for annual catches of up to 26 million tons, with a value of up to 23 billion USD which negatively affects […]
Read MoreSource: Stop Illegal Fishing Author: Isani Cayetano A shipping vessel tonight remains in the custody of the government of the African country of Somalia for illegal fishing activities. But what does the detention have to do with Belize?
Read MoreSource & Author: NOAA Fisheries Countries from around the globe agreed to take more steps to combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing at the 20th annual meeting of International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) which recently concluded in Vilamoura, Portugal.
Read MoreSource & Author: EJF High-level officials from across Asia will gather at a conference in Seoul, Korea this month (29-30 Nov) in a strong move to boost action and collaboration to combat unsustainable and illegal fishing across the region.
Read MoreSource and Author: TEMPO.CO The Indonesia government continues its bilateral cooperation in marine and fisheries with the Dutch government by singing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Indonesian Marine and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti and Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Lilianne Ploumen.
Read MoreSource & Author: FIS The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) this week presented a cooperation project to support eleven Latin American and Caribbean countries to put an end to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
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