FAO admits illegal fishing remains major threat; calls for a global record of fishing vessels

Thursday, February 10th 2011 - 23:33 UTC

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Countries are making progress in implementing the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, which is now 15 years old, but still extremely relevant. However, additional efforts are needed, declared participants at the close of the 29th session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries. Read full article

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Illegal fishing crosses borders – so must law enforcement. Gunnar Stølsvik of the Norwegian ministry for fisheries writes about ways to combat IUU fishing:
http://www.cfp-reformwatch.eu/2011/02/illegal-fishing-crosses-borders-%E2%80%93-so-must-law-enforcement/
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