Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Archives

EU’s external fishing fleet to become the most transparent, accountable and sustainable globally following legal reform

Oceana, Environmental Justice Foundation and WWF have welcomed a new regulation announced yesterday governing the European Union’s extensive external fishing fleet, which operates across the globe and is responsible for 28% of the EU’s total fish catches. After almost two years of negotiations, more than 23,000 vessels will need to follow the same sustainability standards, … Read more

Legal Reform Makes EU’s External Fishing Fleet More Transparent, Accountable and Sustainable

The European Commission, Parliament and Council of Fisheries Ministers announced a new regulation governing the European Union’s extensive external fishing fleet. One third of total European catches are made on the high seas and in the waters of non EU countries. Since 2008, the EU has authorized over 23,000 vessels to fish outside EU waters. … Read more

Joint NGO priorities on the Multi – annual Plan for the North Sea

Analysis: Import controls in key EU member states inadequate for barring illegal seafood

Los procedimientos no homogéneos entre Estados miembros y el sistema desfasado de documentación socavan la efectividad del Reglamento de la UE para combatir la pesca ilegal Bruselas, 16 de marzo de 2017: De acuerdo con un análisis publicado hoy por las organizaciones Environmental Justice Foundation, Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts y WWF, las disparidades y … Read more

Spanish Supreme Court risks opening the high seas to crime and impunity

Spanish Supreme Court agreed this week to consider Oceana’s appeal requesting the nullification of their ruling in favour of Vidal Armadores. As the Spanish newspaper El Confidencial unveiled, the Supreme Court decided in December to file the case against Vidal Armadores, who were prosecuted in Spanish National Court for almost a decade of pirate fishing … Read more

European Parliament votes for greater transparency in EU’s fishing operations outside EU waters

The EU has one of the largest fishing fleets operating around the world and its activities represent 28% of total EU catches Members of the European Parliament voted today on the European Commission’s proposal to sustainably manage the activities of the EU’s fishing fleet operating outside European Union waters. EU fishing vessels operate in the … Read more

European Parliament supports steps for transparency in EU fishing operations outside EU waters

Members of the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament voted today on the European Commission’s proposal to regulate activities of the EU’s fishing fleet operating outside EU waters. The Committee has agreed on the need for new and unprecedented measures for transparency and sustainability within fisheries, including the creation of the first public register of … Read more

Reflagging by EU fishing vessels

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts and WWF are working together to secure the harmonised and effective implementation of the European Union’s (EU) Regulation to end illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The EU has been active in fighting IUU fishing at a global level through its innovative and ambitious IUU … Read more

International community takes first step for depleted Mediterranean swordfish on World Fisheries Day

Oceana welcomes long-overdue measures to rebuild the depleted and overfished stock, but the plan falls behind expectations Vilamoura, Portugal.-The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has today finalised its one-week long negotiations between 51 countries. ICCAT has finally agreed on a recovery plan for the severely depleted Mediterranean swordfish, which has been … Read more

New analysis reveals lack of trade traceability in lucrative Mediterranean swordfish market

As the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) today enters its fifth day of fisheries negotiations, all 51 countries have the future and fate of Mediterranean swordfish at the top of their agenda. The negotiations are taking place as new data, commissioned by Oceana, reveals a lack of traceability and transparency in … Read more