Tag: illegal fishing

Pew Charitable Trusts issued an informative infographic revealing that the financial drivers behind illegal fishing can lead to poor safety and labor conditions for vessel crews. When stocks are overfished, fishers’ catch and income are reduced.

IMO says that one this Agreement becomes fully ratified and effective, there will be an internationally binding agreement which will facilitate better control of fishing vessel safety by flag, port and coastal States. It will also contribute to the fight against illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing.

Liquid Robotics and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Pacific Islands Region announced a multi-year agreement to develop solutions for protection of Hawaiian and American Samoa marine environment.

‘Slavery is not yet ended’, said Archbishop Sanchez Sorondo of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences Slavery at the 24th World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea in Taiwan. The Congress titled, ‘Caught in the Net’ focused specifically on the welfare and lives of fishermen around the world.

A new report commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts, presents a comprehensive analysis of how illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and other maritime crimes intersect, aiming to bring greater attention to the connections between IUU fishing and global security.

The United States Agency for International Development’s Oceans and Fisheries Partnership and Inmarsat Global Limited have announced a new partnership to help commercial fishing crews promote sustainable fishing in Southeast Asia, by using enhanced communication technology.

IMO informed that it took a major role in an exercise, evaluating the success of code of conduct dealing with maritime crime in west and central Africa, in 16-17 August. The Yaoundé Code of Conduct was signed in 2013 by 25 west and central African countries, aiming to address matters such as piracy and illegal fishing.

A meeting of representatives from the different federal states and regions within Somalia was held last week in Uganda, aiming to boost maritime security in the Indian Ocean, by bringing together all stakeholders to take stock of the progress made since the last MSCC meeting of August 2016.

Fighting against illegal fishing, the Australian research organization CSIRO announced that it is developing the world's first notification system that alerts authorities, when offending vessels arrive in port. The web-based reporting tool identifies and ranks vessels across the globe based on a list of behaviours associated with illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing.

Africa Center issued a report, entitled "Criminality in Africa’s Fishing Industry: A Threat to Human Security", where it informs that the weak accountability of Africa’s fisheries sector enables unsustainable exploitation by foreign fishing firms and undercuts the political will needed to build more robust surveillance and prosecutorial capacity.