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Montevideo, April 25th 2024 - 09:19 UTC

Tag: Blaise Kuemlangan FAO

  • Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 09:44 UTC

    FAO pressing countries to ratify agreement on illegal, unreported, unregulated fishing

    FAO brokered in 2009 the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.

    A growing number of countries are ratifying an international agreement to combat illegal fishing, fueling interest in how best to implement the instrument. Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is estimated to strip between $10 billion and $23 billion from the global economy, and their impacts undermine the way fish stocks are managed to make it a double concern around the world.

  • Saturday, August 1st 2015 - 12:57 UTC

    UN agreement to combat illegal fishing (IUU) close to ratification

    “Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is estimated to strip between $10 billion and $23 billion from the global economy”, said the FAO release

    Thirteen additional countries need to ratify an agreement brokered by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to combat illegal fishing by blocking ports to ships known or believed to be carrying illicit catches that account for more than 15% of global output, the agency said today.