Tag: Illegal fishing
Canada completes international fisheries law enforcement operation. Canadian fishery officers have now completed their work in Operation North Pacific Guard, an annual international law enforcement operation in the high seas of the North Pacific with Canada’s ...
Increase in illegal inland fishing activity in Ireland. Over 33,000 patrols undertaken by Inland Fisheries Ireland officers in 2020, as illegal fishing activity rose during Covid-19 last year Patrol drones and surveillance equipment become increasingly ...
NZ investigates black market crayfish ring. New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) fishery officers have executed multiple search warrants at properties of people believed to be involved in a major East Coast black market ...
13km of illegal nets seized by Inland Fisheries Ireland. Inland Fisheries Ireland, the state agency responsible for the protection and conservation of freshwater fish and habitats, has revealed that over 13 kilometres of illegal nets were seized ...
New study reveals knock-on cost of stopping illegal fishing. A new study reveals the strategies that stop bandits from illegally fishing in Australian waters—but warns there is a cost to the region’s poorer countries. Co-author Dr Brock ...
Fisheries observers risk violence on Chinese-owned trawlers in Ghana. Ghanaian fisheries observers are bribed, threatened and abused at sea, investigations by the Environmental Justice Foundation have revealed. These conditions have enabled rampant illegal fishing in Ghana’s ...
Sharks in protected area attract illegal fishers. Thousands of sharks have been illegally caught in a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Indian Ocean, new research shows. The MPA was created in 2010 around the ...
Increased presence at sea deters illegal fishing – How enhancements to surveillance and fisheries control capacity is helping to keep illegal fishing at bay in England’s seas, writes the MMO. Vastly increased offshore patrols, aerial ...
52 illegal nets and traps seized during pandemic. The Environment Agency has seen an increase in the amount of illegal fishing devices found along East Anglian river banks. In just nine months, from March 2020 ...
The Gulf of Guinea : An EU Maritime Security Factsheet. The Gulf of Guinea is a vast and diverse region stretching from Senegal to Angola, covering approximately 6,000 km of coastline. It is an important ...
Cockles and pāua back in sea after MPI intervention. Almost 3,000 cockles and 150 undersized pāua are back in the sea after successful interventions by the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and Police. ...
Illegal fishing of sharks and rays caught on camera in Mediterranean. Multiple species of sharks and rays, some of them critically endangered, are being illegally caught on a regular basis in the Mediterranean Sea, evidence ...
Canada takes fight against illegal fishing to outer space. It is estimated that IUU fishing accounts for about 30 per cent of all fishing activity worldwide, representing up to 26 million tonnes of fish caught ...
Leading global brands launch new traceability standards. The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST)—a major industry forum involving more than five dozen companies worldwide from across the seafood supply chain—has released the first-ever global standards ...
EC urges Ecuador to fight IUU fishing The European Commission continues its action to fight illegal fishing worldwide by notifying the Republic of Ecuador that it needs to step up its actions (yellow card) in ...
Endangered porpoise and rampant fishing in biosphere reserve. Sea Shepherd ship M/V Farley Mowat and Museo de la Ballena research vessel Narval encounter dozens of skiffs fishing with prohibited gillnets near a live vaquita inside ...
Zero tolerance for fishing in NZ closed areas. New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says zero tolerance will be given to people who fish in areas that have been closed to protect threatened marine ...
Massive illegal haul of flounder and oysters shocks NZ fishery officers. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) in New Zealand says it is “disappointed” by the scale of an illegal haul of flounder and oysters ...
No safe haven for illegal fishing with Canada’s ratification of the Port State Measures Agreement. Every year, an estimated 26 million tonnes of caught fish is unaccounted for. This illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) ...
New equipment to help combat illegal fishing. Funding has helped secure new specialist equipment to boost fisheries enforcement patrols in East Anglia. The new kit, which cost over £15,000, consists of a high grade digital ...
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