New report calls for collective action by APEC economies on combating IUU fishing. A new report is calling for collective action by the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economies and […]
EU wants stricter traceability for imported fishery products from China. Parliament calls on China to share more data on the size of its fleet, catches, subsidies and agreements with third […]
MedFish4Ever Awards celebrate regional innovation in fisheries and aquaculture. The GFCM High-level conference on MedFish4Ever initiatives: Transformative actions to address new challenges offered a fitting occasion to recognise outstanding new […]
EC gives Trinidad and Tobago ‘red card’ over IUU fishing. The European Commission has identified the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago as a non-cooperating country in the fight against Illegal, Unreported and […]
Trawler seized by Gambian navy. An industrialised trawler named Twenty—with connections to an Italian fishing company—was arrested in West Africa by Gambian Navy sailors stationed on board the Sea Shepherd […]
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership joins new Nature Crimes Alliance, to participate in global effort to combat illegal fishing and improve management and enforcement. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), joined World Resources Institute (WRI), […]
Plea for sustainable management of albacore tuna. Proposals on the table at the 101st Session of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to secure albacore tuna stocks and improve transparency […]
OceanMind selects Spire Global data to combat illegal fishing. Spire Global, Inc. a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, was selected by OceanMind, a leader in marine […]
Seychelles signs SADC Charter for fisheries monitoring and control centre. Seychelles is set to partake in more regional cooperation in its fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing with […]
930 mahi-mahi and squid artisanal vessels to operate legally in Peruvian waters after Peruvian Government issued a historic decree. In response to fishery stakeholders, the Peruvian Government issued a historic decree […]
Support for the Atlantic Ocean: IPNLF Position Statement ICCAT Panel 1. As tuna species are highly migratory, management of tuna populations span wide geographical areas that are organised into Regional […]
New Falkland Islands fishery protection vessel. The next generation of Falkland Islands fisheries protection vessel aims increasingly to target Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and associated criminal activities in the island’s […]
Recommendations to curb IUU fishing in EU market. The Market Advisory Council (MAC) and the Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) delivered recommendations to the EU Member States and to the European Commission on the need for harmonisation of import […]
Coastal States fail spectacularly to meet their own deadline to agree shares on Northeast Atlantic Mackerel. TIME’S UP! In December 2022, the Northeast Atlantic Coastal States announced they had set […]