MCS & enforcement

9 Feb
2017

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.

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7 Feb
2017

Source: The Liberian Observer Author: Gloria T. Tamba The Minister of Defense, Brownie Samukai, has disclosed the arrest of a Senegalese vessel by the Liberian Coast Guard. The vessel, according to Samukai, has been fishing in violation on Liberia’s coast on the Atlantic Ocean.

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31 Jan
2017

Source: CitizenSci Author: Adam Reyer Hundreds of millions of people depend on the ocean for their livelihoods, and almost 3 billion rely on it as a protein source. But countless threats — overfishing, destructive fishing practices, bycatch, dishonest catch reporting, habitat destruction — threaten our oceans and the people who depend on them.

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30 Jan
2017

Source & Author: Stop Illegal Fishing Recent measures introduced in Ghana are offering stronger means of fighting illegal fishing. New legislation, increased sanctions, improved monitoring, control and inspection capacity, and mandatory IMO numbers for the industrial fleet are all contributing to a more compliant sector.

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19 Jan
2017

Source & 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.

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