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This report highlights past damage done to Taiwan’s fisheries reputation due to cases of Taiwanese distant water fishing vessels associated with IUU...

This paper discusses the problem of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing on the high seas and acknowledges increasing restrictions put into pla...

The IUU fishing index was created to provide a benchmark for 152 coastal countries on their exposure and response to IUU fishing. With this benchmark,...

The Voluntary Guidelines for Flag State Performance seek to prevent, deer and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing through the ...

This paper explores the global nature of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. It identifies possible solutions and action that can be t...

This Article tests a legal framing theory by arguing that insufficient attention has been given to understanding large-scale IUU fishing as a transnat...

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

This paper identifies the progress achieved by individual countries in implementing internationally recognised best policies and practices against ill...

The Monitoring Control and Surveillance (MCS) Data Analysis Guidelines (the guidelines) are a set of
general guidelines developed to support and dire...

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

The European Union (EU) recently agreed on a reform of the legal framework for its external fleet that fishes outside of EU waters. The authors invest...

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

The objective of C188 is to ensure that fishers have decent conditions of work on board fishing vessels with regard to minimum requirements for work o...

The Cape Town Agreement of 2012 aims to enhance the safety of fishing vessels by mandating the implementation of the Torremolinos Protocol, which itse...

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

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

This report studies illegal fishing by foreign trawlers in Guinea's coast zone. This report highlights the need for important bilateral partners, suc...

This Strategy focuses on MCS arrangements for offshore tuna fisheries and associated species within the Pacific Islands region, encompassing the EEZs ...

Cette note examine comment les étrangers les opérateurs de pêche accèdent et exploitent l'utilisation des pavillons africains pour leurs bateaux d...

This brief examines how foreign fishing operators are accessing and exploiting the use of African flags for their fishing vessels, and how there exist...