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Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) is an issue around the world. Fishing industry observers believe IUU occurs in most fisheries, and accounts for up to 30% of total catches in some important fisheries. [1] Illegal fishing takes place when vessels or harvesters operate in violation of the laws of a fishery.
Fisheries crime describes the wide range of criminal activity that is common along the entire value chain of the fishing sector. [1] It often occurs in conjunction with Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU), but next to illegal fish extraction include for example corruption, document fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, kidnapping, human trafficking and drug trafficking. [1]
On a larger scale, illegal fishing in Africa takes place when vessels from foreign countries are stationed on African waters without any legal documentation that allows fishing. [2] [3] Illegal fishing in Africa is one of the main causes of overfishing, [4] and increases the spread of diseases. [5] In Africa, the Chinese commercial fishing ...
Mar. 3—Competition over dwindling fish resources has led to international tensions, and in some cases clashes in places like the South China Sea, once one of the world's most plentiful fishing ...
And yet illegal fishing sits at the top of that hierarchy. It’s a global business estimated at $10 billion in annual sales, and one that is thriving as improved technology has enabled fishing ...
Illegal and unreported fishing contributes to the reduction in fish stocks and hinders the ability for fish populations to recover. It is believed that between 10 billion and 23 billion instances of illegal and unreported fishing happen annually, with communities in developing countries being more likely to partake in these illegal activities. [47]
Many parts of the world ban gillnet fishing. It is officially illegal in the northern part of the Gulf of California, where the vaquita live. ... Gillnet fishing for the totoaba (which is illegal ...
The Thunder, an illegal fishing vessel that was part of the Bandit 6, and its pursuit by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society; Maritime law enforcement against illegal fishing in Palau and Indonesia; The Principality of Sealand, an unrecognised micronation and former pirate radio station off the coast of Sussex