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The Changing Nature of High Seas Fishing: How Flags of Convenience provide cover for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing

The report The Changing Nature of High Seas Fishing: how Flags of Convenience provide cover for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is the culmination of over a year of investigation and ...
Panda

Closing the net: Stopping illegal fishing on the high seas

Final report of the Ministerially-led Task Force on IUU Fishing on the High Seas Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a serious global problem. It is increasingly seen as one of the ...
Mongabay

At high seas treaty summit, a dispute over fisheries managers’ role in conservation

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The high seas treaty was agreed to by the world’s nations in 2023 and took effect in January. The treaty created a means to establish marine ...
Mongabay

Critics push for more transparency at RFMOs that govern high seas fishing

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Around 17 regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) manage fishing in international waters, or the “high seas.” Scientists and civil ...
The Conversation

New treaty to protect the world’s oceans may hurt vulnerable African fisheries

Following two decades of fierce negotiations, over 60 countries recently signed a UN Ocean Treaty to conserve biodiversity on the high seas. The “high seas” are all ocean areas which aren’t under a ...
Forbes

How The High Seas Treaty Could Shape Ocean Conservation By 2030

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The High Seas Treaty could benefit oceanic whitetip sharks significantly by creating marine ...
Barron's

Ban High-seas Fishing, Mining 'Forever': Experts

Governments should ban all mining and fishing in the high seas "forever" to protect ocean biodiversity, climate stability -- and humanity, climate and ocean experts said Wednesday. The Barron's news ...
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Vice President CP Radhakrishnan launches LoA for high seas fishing, Odisha Deep Sea Mission

BHUBANESWAR: Vice-President CP Radhakrishnan on Thursday launched the national programme for issuance of Letter of Authorisation (LoA) for sustainable harnessing of fisheries in the high seas and the ...
The Conversation

The historic High Seas Treaty is almost reality. Here’s what it would mean for ocean conservation

The high seas are set to gain a greater level of protection when a long-sought after treaty finally enters into force. For almost 20 years, nations have debated the need for the High Seas Treaty, ...
Phys.org

Climate change is driving fish stocks from countries' waters to the high seas, study finds

Fish and other marine organisms, though deeply affected by human activities, don't respect human borders. The ranges of many commercially important species in fact straddle the borders of countries' ...
Phys.org

New treaty to protect the world's oceans may hurt vulnerable African fisheries

Following two decades of fierce negotiations, over 60 countries recently signed a UN Ocean Treaty to conserve biodiversity on the high seas. The "high seas" are all ocean areas which aren't under a ...