NGO raises alarm over fishery observer safety after trio of Portuguese cases
Human Rights at Sea and the Association of Professional Observers have released a report raising awareness of the risks to fishing observer safety triggered by instances of harassment and, most recently, a fatality at sea
South Korea accepts WTO deal to ban subsidies for IUU fishing
With South Korea's approval, the total number of WTO member countries that have formally endorsed the rule has now reached 51
US lawmakers push Customs to better enforce anti-Uyghur forced labor law
The letter is just the latest response on Capitol Hill to the Outlaw Ocean Project report published in the New Yorker on Oct. 9
US Coast Guard expands patrol to combat IUU fishing in Eastern Pacific
The patrol was part of a new high seas management policy adopted earlier this year
‘We had expected to have come further’: World’s largest seafood firms disappointed by supply chain reports
SeaBOS says it's 'frustrated' by recent reports linking companies to forced labor in China and by a new World Benchmarking Alliance report that found a 'concerning lack of transparency around progress towards their sustainability commitments'
EU Parliament approves new rules to register all catches digitally
'These measures must put an end to the controversies over overfishing of which European fishermen are too often wrongly accused' -- Renew Europe
US pollock sector calls for big changes in wake of report on Chinese forced labor
'No one who has read The New Yorker’s gut-wrenching new reporting on human rights abuses in the Chinese seafood sector can think that the status quo is acceptable' -- Stephanie Madsen, At-sea Processors Association
Over 3,000 illegal shark fins discovered in Canada-US surveillance operation in North Pacific
Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans reports that evidence of 58 violations was collected and it's working with various flag nations regarding further possible investigations and sanctions
Joint US Congress, White House panel schedule hearing to discuss report on use of forced labor in Chinese seafood
'This hearing will continue the [Congressional-Executive Commission's] efforts to ensure that [Chinese] goods and products made with forced labor do not enter US markets'
Outlaw Ocean reveals ‘crimes at sea’ aboard Chinese fishing vessels
The report states that from 2013 to 2021, ships, mostly Chinese, disembarked a dead body in Montevideo every six weeks or so