Tag: Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU)

Friday, January 1st 2021 - 22:41 UTC
South Atlantic area of global contention? US Coast Guard off to South America to patrol for IUU fishing

The following piece by Gidget Fuentes in USNI News offers an account of the mission of USCGC (WMSL/758) Stone, fresh from Shipyard and Quarantine, and which departed Mississippi on 22 December for Southern Atlantic Patrol:
Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:37 UTC
Argentina joins Pacific coastal nations to combat IUU fishing

Argentine specialized media is reporting that OPRA, a regional cooperation agreement, Organization for the Protection of Fisheries Resources in the South Atlantic has signed an accord with their Pacific counterpart, Calamasur, which is a Committee for the Sustainable Management of the giant squid in the South Pacific.
Monday, December 11th 2017 - 01:48 UTC
Fishing subsidies to be on the WTO summit table in Buenos Aires

Meeting for the first time in Latin America, the World Trade Organization’s 11th Ministerial Conference will take place in Buenos Aires from 10-13 December. Central to this year’s talks will be an international deal to curb harmful fishing subsidies. These are government payments or tax breaks that contribute to overcapacity, overfishing and illegal fishing (IUU) globally.
Monday, October 30th 2017 - 10:45 UTC
UK’s work on protecting the oceans has won deserved praise – now we must go further

By Matthew Offord MP for Hendon - UK leadership on ocean conservation has won international acclaim. The landmark “Blue Belt” policy to work with the UK Overseas Territories to “create the largest marine sanctuaries anywhere in the world” has only furthered this standing, with commitments to create large protected areas around Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha in 2019 and 2020 respectively already widely welcomed.
Wednesday, June 7th 2017 - 08:58 UTC
FAO meets in Oslo to discuss agreement on ports and IUU fishing

The Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, an international treaty aimed at stopping rogue fishing practices, gives the world “all the instruments necessary to achieve our goal,” FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva said.
Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 11:19 UTC
Spanish Supreme Court ruling on IUU toothfish operations rattles legal industry

According to reports in the Spanish press, the case against Vidal Armadores, the beneficial owners of a fleet of vessels operating at various times fishing for toothfish in the Southern Ocean collapsed on a point of law.
Friday, December 2nd 2016 - 09:09 UTC
New Zealand sends patrol vessel to help combat illegal fishing in Ross Sea

Patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington departs on Sunday for the Southern Ocean from Dunedin to monitor the annual fishing season in the Ross Sea region in an attempt to stamp out illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the area.
Wednesday, June 8th 2016 - 20:56 UTC
Port state measures crucial weapon to support world's first illegal fishing treaty

A groundbreaking international accord aimed at stamping out illegal fishing went into effect on Sunday and is now legally binding for the 29 countries and a regional organization that have adhered to it.
Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 18:11 UTC
Argentina and China address fishing vessels poaching in the South Atlantic

The Argentine news agency Pescare reports that the repeated illegal incursion of Asian vessels in Argentina's Exclusive Economic Zone prompted the issue to be addressed during the recent meeting of the bilateral Argentina/China Subcommittee on Fisheries.
Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 17:30 UTC
FAO sponsored illegal fishing accord scheduled to become law on 5 June; 30 countries have adhered

Illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing is about to become much more difficult thanks to the imminent entry into force of the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), a ground-breaking international accord championed by FAO.