John West Foods Ltd. (John West) has announced that not guilty verdicts were declared on all counts of doing business directly connected to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing with…
The skipper and some of the crew of a trawler apprehended in Ghanaian waters have been charged with illegal fishing for small pelagics, leading to a US$1 million settlement by…
Russian border forces have detained North Korean fishing vessels for illegal fishing in waters that Russia considers to be within its EEZ, with the three vessels and several smaller craft…
The USA has put South Korea on a preliminary list of countries engaged in illegal fishing. This is the third time this decade that Korea has been listed by a…
A vessel suspected of illegal fishing has been detained in Indonesia with support from INTERPOL and its global network. Nika, suspected of conducting illegal fishing in the Southern Ocean and…
Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Sean Casey,…
The yellow card warning handed to Taiwan in October 2015 by the European Commission has been lifted, in recognition of the efforts made to strengthen legal framework, monitoring, control and…
The skipper of an Indonesian illegal fishing vessel has been convicted of offences under Australia’s fisheries and environment legislation, after being caught in May this year illegally fishing two nautical…
Marking the United Nations International Day for the Fight against IUU Fishing, 5th June, Wez Norris CEO of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority said that working with the international community…
The EU’s new IT tool, christened CATCH, has been launched as a route to streamlining checks on seafood products entering the EU, and is seen as the latest effort in…