Canada dispatches North Pacific Ocean anti-IUU patrol
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has launched its fourth annual high seas patrol to detect and deter IUU fishing in the North Pacific Ocean. Operation North Pacific Guard (Op. NPG),…
CFT urges the APPG on Fisheries to make transparency a priority
The Coalition for Fisheries Transparency (CFT) has taken the opportunity of the International Day for the Fight against IUU Fishing (5th June) to urge the APPG on Fisheries to fully…
A decade on: How Port State Measures are locking IUU catches out of markets
The entry into force ten years ago of the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) marked a major milestone in efforts against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. In…
Pacific Nations strengthen fisheries surveillance
Pacific Island countries have demonstrated the power of regional cooperation in protecting the region’s valuable fisheries resources following the successful completion of Operation Tui Moana 2026 (OPTM26), a three-week coordinated…
Poachers get prison
The tally of Indonesian fishermen passing through the Darwin Local Court in Australia continues to rise, with 123 prosecuted there since 1st July last year. In December two crews appeared…
Tuna stocks healthy, IUU fishing losses down, reports FFA DG
Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) D-G Noan David Pakop addressed Pacific leaders at the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM54) in Honiara to outlining the region’s achievements in…
Ghana adopts new fisheries law, extending inshore zone
Billed as a landmark moment for the country, Ghana’s Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Emelia Arthur has been instrumental in enacting new legislation that ring-fences the Inshore Exclusive Zone out…
FSM measures combat IUU fishing and strengthen compliance
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) are taking a lead in transparency and compliance in tuna fisheries management with strengthened Port State Measures (PSM). The National Oceanic Resource Management Authority…
Pacific partnership protects shared seas
Frontline agencies from the Pacific Quadrilateral Defence Coordination Group (PQUAD) – Australia, New Zealand, France and the United States of America – partnered with colleagues from Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, the…
Fines for sea cucumber poachers
Nineteen Indonesian nationals pleaded guilty to illegally fishing in Australian waters in three separate cases earlier this month, following the interception of three fishing vessels off Northern Territory. The three…
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