FAO COFI greenlights international guidelines to hold states more accountable for activities of fishing vessels flying their flags

By Neil Ramsden

After Belize, Cambodia and Guinea were on the end of trade sanctions, and Ghana and South Korea were yellow-carded, two important tuna players face further reprisals

Enslaved, brutalized and even killed workers linked to global shrimp supply chain, plus CP Foods found to use fishmeal from slave ship operators

European Commission formally warns countries they risk facing sanctions unless they cooperate in combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing

Operation 'High Seas Driftnet' participates in international apprehension of Chinese vessel

By Eva Tallaksen

EU says informal talks for an FPA are underway with Liberia, while private talks are said to be under way with Sierra Leone. But talks with Guinea cannot be held due to country’s blacklisting by the EU

According to 79 media reports, Mediterranean authorities seized enough bluefin to fill six standard 40’ shipping containers in the past year, says Pew

By Alicia Villegas

While landings of jack mackerel, mackerel and hake fell, sardines catches doubled in the first three months of the year. Cuttlefish catches were also up

Funds awarded to African Union, to protect fishing stocks across the continent

By Eva Tallaksen

​South Korean fishing company confirms it has taken legal action against the local agency Inter-Burgo which it says issued it forged fishing licenses