Fisheries: deal reached on new rules to improve compliance and traceability

This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. New technologies, such as on-board cameras, and improvements in traceability should help ensuring better compliance and increased consumer protection. Negotiators from Parliament and the Swedish Council Presidency reached an agreement on Tuesday on an update of Common Fisheries Policy rules, particularly regarding the monitoring […]

It’s time for governments to crack down on illegal fishing in the Pacific. Here’s how

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum./ Author: Jim Leape, Core Team, Blue Food Assessment; Member of Friends of Ocean Action; Co-Director, Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions Illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing accounts for one in every five fish caught around the world and costs the […]