The global community has made significant progress in tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Yet major gaps remain in transparency, implementation, and oversight, particularly for...

Upcoming Rome meeting can advance efforts to prevent illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and support biodiversity protections This month, members of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Or...

Heading to Rome for #COFI37 next week, I'll be waiting to see whether States move beyond naming #IUUfishing as a problem and get specific about unregulated and poorly regulated fisheries — and how to ...

A glaring gap exists in global ocean governance, which, if allowed to persist, could limit the success of international efforts to protect the ocean and the people who depend on it.

Pacific island authorities arrested a number of Chinese and Indonesian boats for illegal fishing this month in a crackdown across the vast ocean, officials have told AFP.

ILOILO CITY — The monitoring of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing was already weak, and the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the...

By revealing who ultimately profits from vessels flying its flag, Panama is setting a bold new standard for transparency and accountability in global fisheries

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump took funding set aside for combatting IUU fishing and spent it on other priorities

India officially joins the WTO's Fisheries Subsidies Agreement, promoting sustainable fishing practices and protecting small-scale fisheries.

2026 National Fisheries Compliance and Enforcement Action Plan   Following the implementation of China's revised Fisheries Law, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has issued the 2026 Nation...

The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced that its board of directors has selected William Foster to serve as the organization’s next president and chief executive officer. Foster will assume the role...

On 9 July 2026, the Tuvalu Police Service, while on patrol aboard the Sea Shepherd vessel Allankay, boarded the Chinese longliner Lu Rong Yuan Yu 138. Officers identified multiple indicators of possib...

Imported fishery and aquaculture products in the European Union should comply with the same standards as those imposed on European producers, say MEPs from the Fisheries Committee. The report adopted ...

NOAA Fisheries' biennial report to Congress identifies nations and entities that the United States will work with to address IUU fishing and forced labor activities, and to support effective managemen...

Member states of the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) are stepping up their crackdown on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Korea and China launch West Sea patrols to curb illegal fishing

The agreement is likely to affect some of the trade agreements Kenya has, as some of the key trade partners of Kenya are listed in the mix.

Workers’ suffering is an integral part of the fisheries system, say four experts

Una investigación precisa que más del 63% de la flota dedicada a la especie opera en la ZEE y está controlada por empresas de origen chino, algunas con antecedentes de captura ilegal. Portan pabellón ...

We try to ascertain who is behind it and what the country's government is doing to help

Throughout the global ocean, marine life faces significant threats, with many species endangered and some on the brink of extinction. Two major factors in the decline of ocean biodiversity – overfishi...

Lack of transparency at sea is a pervasive worldwide challenge.

June 8 marks World Oceans Day, a global event held every year to raise awareness of the impact of human actions on the ocean. Illegal fishing is one of them, threatening entire marine ecosystems. An…

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