UN international fisheries agreement to make IUU fishing more difficult to pull off

Former Hout Bay fishing magnate Arnold Bengis is suing the government for helping US courts jail him over smuggling of South African lobster and Patagonian toothfish

EJF was announced as the second place winner of the IMCS Network 'stop IUU fishing award’ for its system of illegal fishing alerts and community-based fisheries surveillance in Sierra Leone

European Union has updated its list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, with 41 tuna vessels making the cut

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

Corruption and mismanagement is ruining the economic revival of the region, said Duncan Copeland, a government fisheries enforcement adviser based in Liberia

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

Chilean authorities have discovered 80 bags with 28,000 live oysters hidden under water in Magallanes

By Jeanine Stewart

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

By Tom Seaman

Law firm has not specified how much exactly it is claiming in damages, but number may total over $100m, if legal action is successful