A court in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has handed down a series of fines to 14 fishermen found guilty of illegally fishing in Australian waters within the Torres Strait Protected…
In an operation that was overseen by Argentina’s security minister Patricia Bullrich and armed forces chief Eduardo Scarzello, an Argentinean Coastguard vessel was this week involved in a Chinese fishing vessel at the outer edge of the country’s EEZ.
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has been awarded the top prize in the 2019 Stop Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing competition.
Operation Baptista, a joint fisheries surveillance operation to detect IUU fishing, comes under the EU’s PESCAO project. Under the co-ordination of the Subregional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) and with technical and staff support from EFCA, this is a co-operative joint operation between Mauritania, Cabo Verde and Senegal.
A formal complaint about the activities of a group of Italian-owned trawlers in West African waters has been lodged with the European Union, requesting that the European Commission should launch infringement procedures against the flag state which has failed to meet its obligations.
The European Commission has delisted Thailand from the group of ‘warned countries’ in recognition of its progress in tackling IUU fishing, acknowledging that Thailand has successfully addressed shortcomings in its fisheries legal and administrative systems.
Working in collaboration with inspectors from the department of fisheries, the Gambia Navy has arrested three Chinese fishing vessels or fishing illegally in The Gambian waters.
Thai Union and Mars Petcare are utilising digital traceability and e-logbooks as part of the fight against IUU fishing, with a pilot project implemented last year in Thailand in which fishing vessels were fitted with Fleet One terminals.
A fishing boat has been destroyed by the Australian authorities at a secure facility in Darwin, after its skipper and one crewman were convicted earlier in August of illegal fishing in Australian waters.
Covering 16.50 million square kilometres over ten days with ten Forum Fisheries Agency member states, Operation Island Chief found no infringements or breaches. The ten-day annual operation to detect, deter, report and/or apprehend potential IUU fishing activity ended on August 3rd.