Industry-backed Sea Pact takes sustainability matters into its own hands
‘You can do a lot for an industry when you put your money where your mouth is’, chairman says as his group gears up to issue a call for project proposals
Armed Somali pirates protecting illegal fishing ships
A United Nations report reveals evidence Somali pirates are protecting about 480 illegal fishing vessels
EU publishes updated IUU blacklist
List names vessels included in the illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing lists adopted by regional fisheries management organisations around the world
Chinese, Spanish vessels fined for illegal fishing in Argentina
Three Chinese vessels and a Spanish trawler were fined $1m each for fishing in Argentina's EEZ
Spanish tuna vessel settles IUU case with Mozambique
Purse seiner Txori Argi, owned by Spanish firm Inpesca, has settled its IUU case with a fine thought to be $700,000, after EU and Mozambique square off
Exporters brand a rare commodity: Sustainable Brazilian lobster
A fight to improve the sustainability of Brazil’s lobster fishery has made new headway, with exporters agreeing to create a premium brand for lobster caught according to specific rules
American Seafoods seeking to clear name
Hearings requested to contest $2.7m in fines for allegedly tampering with scales on the Ocean Rover, Northern Eagle and American Dynasty vessels
Mexico investigating death of 250 stingrays
Thought dead rays may have been dumped on beach by fisherman unable to get a good price for them
Efforts to curb IUU fishing on Lake Victoria scuppered
Parties' failure to meet the agreed financial obligations puts Lake Victoria monitoring scheme on the brink of collapse
Canadian firm fined over illegal catches
Deep Cove Aqua Farms of Blandford pleaded guilty to four counts of buying illegally caught groundfish and six counts of buying clams from unlicensed harvesters