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The purpose of this report is to provide industry and market intelligence to Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency members regarding the current stat...

This report examines the value the world's marine fisheries to the global economy and the lost economic benefit due to IUU fishing. The report promot...

This report is the first attempt made to quantify the volume, species composition and value of IUU fishing in Pacific tuna fisheries specifically. Th...

This Blue Paper examines illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and the associated drivers. The paper details tangible actions that must be...

The aim of this study is to produce a new estimate of the fishing capacity of industrial and artisanal fleets that target tuna and tuna-like species i...

This document summarizes the stock status resultant from the most recent scientific assessments of the seven tuna species, as well as the current mana...

The Regional MCS Evaluation reports the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) in FFA Pacific ...

This guide provides the reader with a broad explanation of the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), a breakdown of the articles of the PSMA, highligh...

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...

The 2020 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture highlights the significant and growing role of fisheries and aquaculture in providing...

This report follows on from the 2009 report, The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform. This study examines the range of co...

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...

The PEW Environment Group research focuses on the role that port States play in abating IUU fishing
by assessing how effectively they are implementin...

The authors analyse the 21 major tuna fisheries and highlight that the biggest variations in performance among tuna fisheries are driven by the final ...

This report, in which The Pew Charitable Trusts presents the first effort to estimate the full global value of the primary commercial fisheries target...

This document contains the texts of three International Plans of Action (IPOA): the IPOA for reducing incidental catch of seabirds in longline fisheri...

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

This report explores the many legal instruments and enforcement actions that port States can adopt in an effort to stop illegal fishing....

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 ...

This is St. Kitts and Nevis’ National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (NPOA−IUU). The P...