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EJF: Impacts of IUU fishing
Fish caught by both IUU and legitimate fishers are sold on the same markets, but legitimate fishers pay ... and encouraging them to disregard the rules as well, thereby creating a destructive downward spiral. IUU operators take advantage of not only developing countries lack of resources to police fishing grounds; ...
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NOAA Fisheries - National Marine Fisheries Service
New Bedford, Mass. Remain Top Fishing Ports Commercial fishermen unloaded 777.2 million pounds of fish, primarily Alaskan pollock, at the port of Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska, making it the country ... Fisheries Service is seeking comment on a proposed rule that requires anglers and spearfishers who fish recreationally in federal ocean waters to be registered before fishing in 2009. The proposed rule ...
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EJF: PRESS RELEASE: Pirate Fish on Your Plate
Current EU regulatory and enforcement framework is clearly failing to prevent IUU fish entering Europe via Ports of Convenience such as Las Palmas. EJF contends that failure by ... The Environmental Justice Foundation would like to applaud Belize's recent actions to combat and eradicate IUU fishing activities by vessels flying its flag. It is now a member if ICCAT, WCPFC, ...
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Sustainable Fisheries - MarineBio.org
Act. 3. Habitat loss as a result of harmful fishing practices, which have decreased some fish populations Reducing or eliminating destructive fishing practices is essential to sustainable fishing. Bottom trawling destroys ... Unreported (IUU) fishing is also often destructive to the marine environment and the species that rely on it. The use of cyanide is a popular method of capturing live reef fish ...
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Office of International Affairs - International Agreements
International MCS Network to coordinate efforts to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The objectives of the International MCS Network are to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of ... of the Sea, the FAO Code of Conduct, the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, and the FAO International Plan of Action to combat IUU fishing. NOAA has served as the host of the ...
www.nmfs.noaa.gov

SoundNet - Marine management is all at sea
Abuses, too, prevail. Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) catches worldwide total between $ 4.9 billion and $ 9.5 ... wealth beneath the waves for nations to cooperate willingly. It is likely to take more crashing fish stocks, more lost coral and more toxic spills before countries worldwide awaken to the critical ...
www.oceania.org.au

2007 IUCN Red List – Search
(A3bd). This species can live at least 30 years (25 for males and ... Estuarine Fishes. Environment Australia, Canberra, Australia. (See http://www.deh.gov.au/coasts/publications/marine-fish-action/index.html). Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries. 2004. Maori Wrasse (Hump-Headed ...
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Marine Conservation Organizations - MarineBio.org
Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing that is dramatically depleting toothfish stocks—the most important commercial fish in the Southern Ocean. At the same time, the ... seas consistent with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982), UN Fish Stocks Agreement (FSA 1995), UN FAO Compliance Agreement (1993), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD 1992 ...
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WWF - Fishing problems: Poor fisheries management
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the UN Fish Stocks Agreement). Countries are either failing to restrict fishing companies from owning and operating Flag ... and Taiwan. This allows illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing fishing to continue. Customs agencies and retailers are not ensuring that the fish entering their country and shops is demonstrably legally ...
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WWF - Increasing protection: the high seas
WWF has suggested the following criteria for identifying High Seas areas in need of protection: Sensitive ecosystems vulnerable to damage from human activities Key migratory corridors and breeding areas for cetaceans and commercial fish stocks Priority areas for scientific research Functionally critical areas like fish nursery grounds and spawning sites Areas supporting rare species or habitats ...
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