Marking a significant achievement, Operation Island Chief, a comprehensive surveillance initiative led by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), successfully concluded its mission last week. This operation, covering an…
Fishery Officers from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) informed more than 180 Indonesian fishermen of the dangers of illegal fishing in the Australian Fishing Zone, in a series of…
Earlier this year the Joint Hull Committee of the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) released a contract clause to exclude the provision of insurance services to vessels engaged in IUU fishing.…
An outcome of an inter-agency workshop held earlier this month in Moroni, organised by the National Fisheries Control and Surveillance Centre (CNCSP) in collaboration with the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)…
Reefer vessel Sunflower 7, with 4000 tonnes of frozen tuna on board, has been turned away by the authorities when docking in Thailand to discharge its catch. Sunflower 7 has…
Canadian fishery officers have now completed their participation in Operation North Pacific Guard, the annual international law enforcement operation on the high seas of the North Pacific, alongside the United…
A group of US federal agencies has announced a five-year IUU fishing strategy. The 21 agencies involved form the US Interagency Working Group on IUU Fishing, chaired by NOAA and…
NOAA has proposed new measures aimed at illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. These changes address two key tools, the US Moratorium Protection Act and the international Port States Measures Agreement.…
Three fishing vessels with a murky history of dubious activity and hopping from one flag of convenience to another has been blacklisted by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) at…
Pacific Island Forum Fisheries is building on its high tech response to illegal and unreported fishing with new tools being trialled to complement its existing suite of monitoring, control and…