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This article provides a snapshot of best practices RFMOs may undertake in order improve control over supply and tender vessels support purse seine fis...

This article provides a snapshot of best practices RFMOs may employ when determining policy and process on the use of VMS equipment and data....

This article provides a snapshot of suggested best practices of RFMO compliance procedures including data gathering, assessment and follow-up and outc...

This article highlights what flag States in an effort to stop illegal fishing....

This report is a joint effort between the INTERPOL Fisheries Crime Working Group (FCWG) and the North Atlantic Fisheries Intelligence Group (NA-FIG). ...

The registration of vessels under foreign flags is widely spread and much literature has proposed a number of factors explaining why certain flags are...

International law specifies that the country whose flag a vessel flies is responsible for controlling its activities. Certain states operate ‘open...

The study analyzed information available from the Lloyd’s Register of Ships between 1999 and 2005 on fishing vessels registered to the top 14 countr...

This study used commercially available satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) data combined with the application of machine learning technolo...

his study used commercially available satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) data combined with the application of machine learning technolog...

This report aims to provide insight into carrier vessel movement and transshipment activity within the WCPFC Convention Area, GFW used commercially av...

Guided by the theoretical assumptions of environmental criminology, this research examines the relevance of micro-spatial predictors of IUU fishing in...

The following paper is an extract from a larger publication from PEW Charitable Trusts on the use
of AIS for analyzing fish carrier activity in 2016 ...

This paper highlights cases of commercial fishing vessels “going dark” to public tracking systems around the world and need for authorities to ena...

The authors look back at the historical movements of vessels in their effort to catch fish. Over time with the advancement in technology and heavy su...

The authors research and analyse the increasing effort of fishing noting the rapid increase of distance fishers are travelling to their fishing ground...

This guide helps authorities to determine whether fish has been caught with illegal methods, what evidence would be required in the event of a crimina...

This article describes an analysis of the Port State Measures to combat IUU fishing activities. The authors note the PSMA is only one tool available ...

In 2006 reports put the worldwide value of IUU catches at between $4bn and $9bn per year, including at least $1bn/yr for sub-Saharan Africa. This repo...

This case study reports on foreign fishing vessel activity that is consistent with fishing operations, in the Northwest Indian Ocean region, including...