IUU fishing
The illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing topic covers overall management of fishing including (but not limited to) unreported or misreported fishing to authority, illegal fishing or harvesting in unregulated areas, or just generally operating in violation of the sovereign fishery laws.
Deconstructing RFMOs: the Politics of Protecting Fish Webinar Now Online
The Daniel K Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies recently partnered with Pew Charitable Trusts to present a Take20—Maritime Series webinar (60-minutes) on “Deconstructing RFMOs: the Politics of Protecting Fish.” In this webinar, experts “dive” into the world of Regional Fisheries...
DIILS PARTNERS WITH VIETNAM
DIILS recently conducted a virtual engagement with Vietnam government officials on maritime security operations. For these meetings, DIILS utilized a cooperative governmental approach which, from the US side, included representatives from the United States Coast Guard, Department of State’s...
Online conference will explore illegal/unregulated fishing in Indo-Pacific region
HONOLULU (Sept. 2, 2021) -- Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has significant and far-reaching security, economic, and environmental implications for the Indo-Pacific. In the words of Adm. Karl Schultz, Commandant of the US Coast Guard, “Illegal fishing has replaced piracy as...
Policy Recommendations for Combatting Overfishing and Fisheries Crime
“Policy Recommendations for Combatting Overfishing and Fisheries Crime,” is the title of a paper by Dr. Deon Canyon, Dr. Ethan Allen, Capt. Michael Long, and Lt. Cmdr. Christine Brown, forSecurity Nexus. This paper explores the perpetrators of overfishing, the role of fisheries crime in...