Source: Marine Link Author: Aiswarya Lakshmi Once technical standards have been developed by IMO and adopted into national laws, the next step is implementation on board ships.
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25 Sep
2017
2017
Port state measures
5 Sep
2017
2017
Source & Author: Andina Peru will take stronger measures to combat illegal fishing incursions by foreign vessels once the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) is implemented, Production Minister Pedro Olaechea said Tuesday.
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28 Aug
2017
2017
Source & 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.
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16 Aug
2017
2017
Source: SeafoodSource Author: Jewel Fraser When Trinidad and Tobago received a yellow card from the European Union last year for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the country’s government was motivated to take steps to remedy one of the problems plaguing the twin island nation’s fishing industry for decades.
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15 Aug
2017
2017
Source: The New Food Economy Author: Katarina Zimmer Ships routinely transfer fish on the open ocean. Most of the time, no one’s watching.
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1 Aug
2017
2017
Source: Pattaya Mail Author: NNT BANGKOK-The Command Center for Combating Illegal Fishing (CCCIF) has revealed that a foreign boat was recently impounded in Thai waters after it was found to be in violation of fishery laws.
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26 Jul
2017
2017
Source & Author: All Africa The European Union (EU) Ambassador in Ghana, H.E. William Hanna, has called for stronger collaborative efforts among stakeholders in the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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20 Jul
2017
2017
Source: Civil Eats Author: Danielle Beurteaux New science can track transhipping, the high-seas transfer of seafood catches between ships, but it may take consumer demand to truly halt it.
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12 Jun
2017
2017
Source & Author: FIS Worldnews Swedish Minister of Rural Affairs, Sven Erik Bucht, officially announced the USD 5.4 million Swedish aid to FAO to combat illegal, unreported unregulated fishing (IUU), at a meeting with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.
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2 Jun
2017
2017
Source & Author: Awoko Newspaper Parliament of Sierra Leone on Thursday 1 June 2017, debated and ratified the Agreement on “Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing” in the country to yield more revenue dividends for Government and to conform to international best practices.
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