illegal fishing

ASEAN commits to boost efforts against illegal wildlife trade

Ministers from the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries issued a joint statement which describes illegal trade of wildlife as “among the greatest challenges of ASEAN as the economic, social and environmental repercussions are severe and widespread in scale.”

The statement by the member states of ASEAN -Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam- outlined the region’s commitment...

https://safety4sea.com/asean-commits-to-boost-efforts-against-illegal-wildlife-trade/

Sea Shepherd Legal, Gabon to tackle fisheries crime

Sea Shepherd Legal has collaborated with Gabon’s National Agency of National Parks (ANPN) to initiate capacity-building workshops, aiming to provide legal and policy support to multiple government agencies combating fisheries crime in Gabon, Central West Africa.

The first workshop was held in the capital city of Libreville, and took place after the arrest of two industrial shrimp trawlers for fishing in one of Gabon’s newly-established marine protected areas, breaching Gabonese law.

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https://safety4sea.com/sea-shepherd-legal-gabon-to-tackle-fisheries-crime/

Remote electronic monitoring can end EU overfishing, report says

A report called ‘Legal Opinion on Video Monitoring on Fishing Vessels with Special Focus on Other Comparable Cases’ was published on March 7, showing that the use of video monitoring, or Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM), can be used on board EU fishing vessels to ensure proper catch reporting, and end illegal discarding of fish.

The report, commissioned by Our Fish, indicates that while there are concerns regarding REM, they should not lead to lack of action. As a matter of fact, other sectors...

https://safety4sea.com/remote-electronic-monitoring-can-end-eu-overfishing-report-says/

Watch: Argentine forces fire warning shots at Chinese vessel

Members of the Argentine Naval Prefecture (PNA), aboard the Coast Guard cutter ‘Mantilla’ fired upon a Chinese fishing vessel which was caught fishing illegally within the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone, about 199 nautical miles from the San Jorge Gulf, and tried to collide with Mantilla.

The operation began in the night of 1st March, when the crew of the Coast Guard, patrolling the Argentine Sea, located the vessel “HUA XIANG 801”, which did not broadcast satellite location information...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-argentine-forces-fire-warning-shots-at-chinese-vessel/

Measures taken against contact with fishing net off China

Several marine incidents have taken place off Ningde or Kement Port of Fujian Province in the past 15 days.  Vessels voyaging to that region are recommended to share this information and exercise enhanced vigilance when transiting or choosing to drop anchor within these waters.

The previous 15 days, the four incidents took place in the Ningde waters where the foreign ships always drop anchor, waiting to berth at Ningde Port or Kement Port of Fujian Province.

Specifically, Huatai Insurance Agency...

https://safety4sea.com/measures-taken-against-contact-with-fishing-net-off-china/

Bunker vessels able to help tackle illegal fishing

Fuel tankers could be proven useful in tracking down illegal fishing and discover the criminal networks behind it, an Australian study indicated. Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, is very difficult to monitor and many of the ships involved in the illegal practice operate far from shore, where surveillance is not easy to take place.

According to international law, large vessels must broadcast their locations using an onboard automatic identification system (AIS), which can be...

https://safety4sea.com/bunker-vessels-able-to-help-tackle-illegal-fishing/

USCG, NOAA terminate voyage for illegal fishing in Tortugas Ecological Reserve

The US Coast Guard (USCG) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) terminated the voyage of the 83-foot commercial fishing vessel ‘Lady Kristie’, with three people aboard Thursday, after discovering multiple violations near Tortugas Ecological Reserve. Fishing in an ecological reserve violates NOAA regulations.

At approximately 12:30 a.m. the USCG Cutter Isaac Mayo crew detected the Lady Kristie within a protected area.

The cutter Isaac Mayo crew boarded the vessel and...

https://safety4sea.com/uscg-noaa-terminate-voyage-for-illegal-fishing-in-tortugas-ecological-reserve/

EJF: South Korea lets illegal fishing vessels sell their products

As EJF reported, the South Korean Government allowed illegally-caught fishing vessels in Antarctic waters, by allowing the owner to sell the catch on the global seafood market. A fish traceability system is crucial to prevent similar cases, according to the NGOs. Specifically, International and Korean NGOs have issued a statement according to which the Korean Governments is handling the case of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing that occurred in the Antarctic.

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https://safety4sea.com/ejf-south-korea-lets-illegal-fishing-vessels-sell-their-products/

Spain accedes to Cape Town Agreement for fishing safety

Spain has become the latest country to accede to IMO’s Cape Town Agreement on fishing vessel safety, significantly boosting the number of vessels needed for entry into force. The entry into force of the 2012 Cape Town Agreement is expected to result in fewer accidents, fewer lives lost and a more effective infrastructure for monitoring and targeting illegal fishing.

H.E. Mr. Carlos Bastarreche Sagües, Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom and Permanent Representative of Spain to...

https://safety4sea.com/spain-accedes-to-cape-town-agreement-for-fishing-safety/

US urged to act on Māui dolphins extinction

Sea Shepherd submitted a petition to the US government for emergency rulemaking, demanding it to fulfill its obligations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to protect the Māui dolphin. Actually, the organization formally demanded that the Trump Administration immediately ban all imports from New Zealand fisheries that are driving the Māui dolphin to extinction.

The Māui dolphin is the world’s most endangered marine dolphin. Endemic to New Zealand, the Māui dolphin population has been...

https://safety4sea.com/us-urged-to-act-on-maui-dolphins-extinction/

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