IUU fishing

25 Aug
2020

Previously-fined Chinese vessel given Ghanaian fishing permit, despite lack of payment

Source: SeafoodSource The Lu Rong Yuan Yu 956, a Chinese vessel operated by Rongcheng Ocean Fishery Co. Ltd., has reportedly been re-licensed to fish in Ghana, in spite of failing to pay its fines. Read more

20 Aug
2020

Ecuador says Chinese fishing fleet off Galapogos has gone dark

Source: Reuters Ecuador says dozens of Chinese vessels have turned off tracking systems to prevent monitoring of their activities. Read more

19 Aug
2020

Ocean Panel identifies organized crime as major threat to marine sustainability

Source: SeafoodSource The High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, a consortium of ocean-dependent countries founded in 2018 to initiate action to improve global marine sustainability efforts, has issued a report detailing the threat that organized crime poses to the fisheries sector. Read more

18 Aug
2020

‘Walls of death’: surge in illegal drift nets threatens endangered species

Source: The Guardian Fishing fleets are defying international ban, with deadly nets ensnaring dolphins, whales and other protected marine life Read more

30 Jul
2020

Blog: Calling on the European Union to combat IUU fishing and drive transformational change in fisheries governance in the wake of COVID-19

Introduction In a matter of months, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a global public health crisis unprecedented in scale. It has fundamentally changed the lives and daily interactions of billions of people and has highlighted important questions about society’s relationship with the planet, our dependence on natural resources and the sustainability of current systems of […]

21 Jul
2020

Warning to EU over imports from vessels fishing illegally in Ghana

Source: EJF EU consumers are inadvertently supporting illegal practices and severe overfishing in Ghana’s waters, a new report by EJF has concluded. Industrial trawlers authorised to export to the EU have been linked to illegal foreign ownership and implicated in the use of prohibited nets, fishing in the exclusion zone reserved for small-scale canoe fishers, and the […]

16 Jul
2020

Liberia fishing communities threatened by Chinese supertrawlers

Source: EJF Six Chinese supertrawlers have arrived in Liberia, capable of taking over 12,000 tonnes of fish a year – nearly twice the nation’s sustainable catch. This has sparked outrage among canoe fishers, who fear for their jobs and food security. Liberia is now the third West African country to witness a sudden increase in […]

8 Jul
2020

‘Hold on brother’: final days of doomed crew on Chinese shark finning boat

Source: The Guardian Accounts from Indonesian crew on illegal fishing operation reveal ‘inhumane’ conditions including bodies dumped at sea Read more

7 Jul
2020

Shark finning: why the ocean’s most barbaric practice continues to boom

Source: The Guardian The recent seizure of the biggest shipment of illegal fins in Hong Kong history shows the taste for shark is still going strong Read more

1 Jul
2020

Fishing for a future: Transparency challenges in Pacific Island tuna fisheries

Source: Asia & The Pacific Policy Society Authors: Meg Keen, Quentin Hanich, Grant Walton Can states cooperate to save sustainable fishing? In order to improve sustainability and transparency in Pacific fisheries, better information sharing protocols, value chain tracing, and intergovernmental collaboration are needed, Meg Keen, Grant Walton and Quentin Hanich write. The Pacific islands’ tuna […]