IUU Fishing Risk Analysis in Southeast Asia Digital Dashboard • Stimson Center

IUU Fishing Risk Analysis in Southeast Asia Digital Dashboard • Stimson Center

An interactive dashboard assessing risk of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Southeast Asia. The post IUU Fishing Risk Analysis in Southeast Asia Digital Dashboard appeared first on Stimson Center.

This week, from Monday 21 April to Friday 25, the fifth meeting of the parties to the Agreement on Measures of the Port Governing State (Amerp) to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU fishing) is held in Manta.

The meeting, which brings together delegates from States from all over the world, international organizations and non-governmental organizations, will take place until Friday, 25 April, led by the Government of Ecuador, thanks to funding from the European Union (EU) and South Korea. The Meeting of the Parties to the Amerp is a biennial forum in which decisions are discussed and taken on the implementation of the Agreement, the first legally bind…

China becomes party to the PSMA to support the future of sustainable fisheries - Caribbean News Global

ROME – Efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing have received a boost from the People’s Republic of China, the world’s largest capture fisheries producer, which has become the 108th State to join the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA). The PSMA supports sustainable fisheries by ensuring that only legal, regulated and reported fish catc…