FFA director: Pacific countries need to confront distant water fishing nations
Despite warnings of a risk of overfishing, the Pacific Islands FFA members have not been able to agree on effective management of the southern albacore fishery
IUU harming West African export capacity, says Liberia-based adviser
Corruption and mismanagement is ruining the economic revival of the region, said Duncan Copeland, a government fisheries enforcement adviser based in Liberia
Greenpeace warns African governments to watch Dongwon
NGO called for greater oversight over South Korea's largest fishing firm, after it was accused of defrauding the US government to obtain fishing licenses
Illegal store of 28,000 oysters found in Chile
Chilean authorities have discovered 80 bags with 28,000 live oysters hidden under water in Magallanes
Dongwon’s environmental damages total at least $40m, allege US lawyers
Crew of vessels allegedly controlled by Dongwon threw 50 gallons of oil at a time into the sea and habitually used the ocean as a dumping ground for plastic and oil filled rags, according to court documents
Damages claim against Dongwon could exceed $100m
Law firm has not specified how much exactly it is claiming in damages, but number may total over $100m, if legal action is successful
Dongwon accused of defrauding US government over tuna fishing licenses
Korean giant Dongwon, parent company of US tuna brand Starkist, is accused of having set up sham companies using nieces of chairman JC Kim to gain access to tuna in the Pacific Island Nations EEZ
Australia to investigate claims Sea Shepherd purposefully rammed Japanese whaler
Australia's federal environment minister Greg Hung recently ordered an investigation into how a recent collision between a Japanese whaling and a Sea Shepherd's vessel came about
Activists pose as buyers, expose Chinese factory processing shark
Activists posed as representatives of an international seafood company to get inside a mainland China building where hundreds of endangered whale sharks were processed
EU, Senegal hold talks to renew fisheries deal
Meeting decides to entirely rethink the legal framework which dates back to 1980, in deal that could give EU tuna and some demersal access again to Segenalese waters