illegal fishing

How illicit trade impedes UN Sustainable Development Goals

The Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT) and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) examined how illicit trade impedes the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, noting that despite the recognition of international trade as an important means to achieve the SDGs, insufficient attention has been given to the substantial impact that illicit trade has on  holding back progress.

In an official report issued on 18 July in Geneva, TRACIT and UNCTAD  map the 17 UN SDGs...

https://safety4sea.com/how-illicit-trade-impedes-un-sustainable-development-goals/

EU, Canada agree on ocean partnership plan

EU and Canada entered into an agreement aiming to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fisheries, marine pollution and climate change. The agreement will enable the easy implementation of the 3030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, mostly focusing on Goal 14, while also will facilitate the sustainable development of marine and maritime sectors.

Specifically, the agreement leads the path to a more sustainable marine future, and future collaboration in areas, such as:

  1. the conservation...

https://safety4sea.com/eu-canada-agree-on-ocean-partnership-plan/

IMO to boost safety of ships and fishing in Ghana

Fishing is considered one of the most dangerous occupations in the world and, in spite of improvements in technology, the loss of life in the fisheries sector is unacceptably high.  In order to improve the safety of fishers and fishing vessels, IMO has established, over the years, various initiatives, culminating with the adoption of the Cape Town Agreement of 2012.

Accra, Ghana, hosted a regional seminar from 8 to 12  of July, on ‘Ensuring Safety Of Ships and Fishing’, aiming to encourage...

https://safety4sea.com/imo-to-boost-safety-of-ships-and-fishing-in-ghana/

EU consumes more seafood that it can catch in domestic waters or produce

In light of today’s European Fish Dependence Day, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) informed that from now, the EU has used up all of its own seafood resources and now has to rely entirely on its imports for the rest of 2019, to meet demand. Europe consumes far more seafood than it can catch in domestic waters or produce in fish farms. More than half of the yearly demand comes from abroad, and developing countries account for about half of the imports.

According to EJF, the EU used all...

https://safety4sea.com/eu-consumes-more-seafood-that-it-can-catch-in-domestic-waters-or-produce/

Overfishing threats more the ocean than plastics

Broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough highlighted that industrial overfishing is more dangerous to the ocean than plastic. According to World Economic Forum, if the ocean was an economy, it would be the seventh largest globally. Yet, instead of protecting it, humans jeopardise its future.

Specifically, as Sir David Attenborough, speaking during Friends of Ocean Action, a group of more than 50 global leaders, convened by the World Economic Forum and World Resources Institute, commented

https://safety4sea.com/overfishing-threats-more-the-ocean-than-plastics/

Navy Needs To Think Small When Planning Irregular Surface Warfare Strategies

A boarding team from dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) approaches merchant vessel Golden Nori after pirates released the Japanese chemical tanker Dec. 12, 2007. The pirates seized the ship off the coast of Somalia in late October. The release of Golden Nori marked the first time in more than a year that no ships were held by Somali pirates. Navy Photo

Great power competition dramatically expands the challenges of confronting irregular naval warfare such as defending against maritime...

https://news.usni.org/2019/07/03/navy-needs-to-think-small-when-planning-irregular-surface-warfare-strategies

Norway’s State Secretary talks piracy, illegal fishing and climate change

Norwegian Government’s State Secretary Marianne Hagen commented on maritime security in the Western Indian Ocean, during a ministerial conference. She highlighted that Somali piracy hasn’t been eradicated yet.

The states in and around the Western Indian Ocean all depend on the ocean for their livelihoods, for transport and for security – and so does Norway. The increase of Somali piracy ten years ago underlined the importance of the Western Indian Ocean for Norway as a shipping nation.

Specifical...

https://safety4sea.com/norways-state-secretary-talks-piracy-illegal-fishing-and-climate-change/

ITF calls Thai gov. to take further steps on ILO conventions 87 and 98

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) called on the Thai government to implement and enforce the ‘Work in Fishing’ Convention, and ratify ILO Conventions 87 and 98, to decrease the risks of forced labour or labour rights abuses in seafood industry supply chains in Thailand.

Thailand’s ratification of C188 was welcomed as an important step towards eliminating labour abuses in a supply chain that had been exposed for systematic illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing...

https://safety4sea.com/itf-calls-thai-gov-to-take-further-steps-on-ilo-conventions-87-and-98/

Watch: How illegal fishing hurts Ghana’s fisheries

Stolen at Sea: The Chinese Trawlers Driving the Collapse of Ghana’s Fisheries from Environmental Justice Foundation on Vimeo.

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) filmed illegal activities as they took place at sea and undertook first-hand monitoring at ports and data analysis to present the full catastrophic scale of this form of organised crime.

‘Saiko’ is a form of illegal fishing, where foreign trawlers target the staple catch of Ghanaian canoe fishers and sell this stolen fish back to...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-how-illegal-fishing-hurts-ghanas-fisheries/

Oceana uses tech to identify illegal fishing and human rights abuses at sea

Oceana published an investigative report showcasing the power of technology to shed light on possible illegal fishing and human rights abuses at sea. Using the Global Fishing Watch mapping platform, Oceana analyzed the activities of vessels with histories of possible illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, forced labor or human trafficking.

In the report, Oceana found that certain behaviors relate to a higher risk of IUU fishing and human rights abuses, including:

  • AIS Avoidance: A...

https://safety4sea.com/oceana-uses-tech-to-identify-illegal-fishing-and-human-rights-abuses-at-sea/

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