Testing drone technology for fisheries monitoring
The Danish authorities have been trialling a high-tech drone over waters off the north of Jutland for the last few months to assess its capabilities for monitoring fisheries. The testing…
Norway rolls out global monitoring to combat illegal fishing
More than a third of the world's coastal states will now have access to satellite data and expertise provided by Norway as a tool to uncover fisheries crime. ‘This is…
New Zealand leads South Pacific fisheries patrol
Fisheries compliance officers from New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, France, and the United States detected nearly 40 alleged breaches of high seas rules during a major South Pacific patrol. The Operation…
Operation Island Chief guards Pacific waters
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…
Scotland announces new fisheries measures
Proposals to introduce electronic tracking and monitoring technology for small fishing vessels will be consulted on as part of package of new fisheries measures announced by the Scottish government. The…
Norway shares vessel tracking data
Norway has taken a lead in fisheries transparency as the first European nation to make public fishing vessel tracking data on the Gloabal Fishing Watch online resource. Since 2019, Norwegian…
Successful monitoring and surveillance operation
Operation Tui Moana, a regional fisheries surveillance operation covering the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga and Tuvalu as well as associated high seas,…
Kattegat camera trials brought forward
Denmark’s Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries has decided to bring forward the evaluation of the camera project to a 1st October completion date in order to make a faster…
Russian fleet switching to Gonets
The Russian authorities are encouraging fishing vessel operators to switch to the Gonets monitoring system, and claim that the transition is going according to plan. The intention is that Russia’s…
Three days of training took place in Bissau
EFCA supports training West African Fisheries Monitoring Centre operators
Under the EU-funded programme PESCAO, the European Fisheries Control Agency has supported the training of Fisheries Monitoring Centres operators organised by the Subregional Fisheries Commission (SRFC), based in Dakar and…