World Trade Organization moves closer to final ratification of fisheries subsidies agreement
Over 75 members have now ratified the agreement, but the WTO needs the support of two-thirds of its 164 member nations -- meaning about another 30 -- for it to come into force
Canada seizes more illegal elvers at Nova Scotia trucking facility
Enforcement officers with Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans seized 60 kilograms of baby eels worth at least CAD 250,000 from a trucking facility in Nova Scotia
US restaurant agrees to pay nearly $1.4m for selling frozen, imported fish as fresh, domestic
Three alleged co-conspirators described in the federal charging documents have yet to be identified, including a Biloxi, Mississippi, seafood wholesaler and retailer
EU issues ‘yellow card’ to Senegal over IUU
The EU has notified Senegal of 'serious shortcomings' in its systems for monitoring and controlling fishing activities
MarinTrust updates standard for ‘world that has changed’
Its updated standard -- called simply 'Version 3' -- is the organization's attempt to keep pace in a fast-moving world, as well as 'future-proof' the standard
Peru fishermen call for tougher action as Chinese vessel gets ‘token fine’ for IUU fishing
Peru's ministry of production, Produce, has come under heavy criticism for imposing a mere PEN 250 fine on Chinese vessel Tian Xiang, caught illegally fishing within its EEZ
New coalition wants Indonesian fishermen’s rights safeguarded in Taiwan
Seven labor unions spanning Indonesia and Taiwan have joined with 12 civil society organizations to form the Coalition for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Fishers in Taiwanese Fishing Vessels
NGO blasts Chinese proposal to limit stakeholder interactions at IOTC
NGO Accountability.Fish, which advocates for transparency in RFMOs, has criticized a Chinese proposal aimed at limiting stakeholder participation at the IOTC meeting
Canada reports making progress on curbing elver poaching
Officers from the Pacific, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador and Gulf of St. Lawrence regions have been brought in to disrupt the illegal fishery
Papua New Guinea signs port state measures, joining efforts against IUU
Papua New Guinea has officially acceded to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agreement on Port State Measures