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Is there such a thing as an ‘Ideal’ Fishing Gear?
Here’s an excerpt from a report that describes an effort by an ICES working group to find the ideal fishing gear. It comes from “Best Practices for Managing, Measuring and Mitigating the Benthic...
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Defining Fisheries Management
There is no widely accepted definition of fisheries management. According to Cochrane and Garcia (2009), the FAO’s Technical Guidelines (1997) offer a working definition that attempts to summarise the...
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Illegal Fishing News Round Up – May 14, 2013
Here’s the next installment in this illegal fishing news round up. Country-Specific News 1. Indonesia’s Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (KKP) patrol boats arrested four Vietnamese vessels and...
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English Does Not Do Seafood Any Justice
It is interesting to ponder how little attention the world pays to the oceans. This other 71% of the planet is all too often ignored. I wonder if perhaps it is because we have such poor terms to talk...
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Illegal Fishing News Round Up – June 18, 2013
LATIN AMERICA 1. Did illegal fishing trigger takeover move? ”The Belize newspaper Amandala reported on the assumption of control over the International Business Companies (IBC) Registry and the...
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Belize Bans Unmonitored Transshipments
A photo of a Belize-flagged vessel engaging in the transshipment of illegal catch in 2006. The Belize Fisheries Department has announced a moratorium on unmonitored transshipments of fish at sea for...
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How to Fix the EU’s Illegal Fishing Regulation
Fish being transshipped between two vessels in West Africa. © EJF There’s a great new report out from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) on how to ensure success of the EU’s regulation on...
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Fishy Business at the 2013 Ancestral Health Symposium
I’ve had an excellent three days here in Atlanta at the 2013 Ancestral Health Symposium. I’ve met many brilliant thinkers and inspiring people that have succeeded in changing their lives for better...
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The Promise of Fisheries Criminology
Boarding officers from a U.S. Coast Guard cutter during joint U.S.-Sierra Leone fisheries enforcement operation. It is likely activities such as these could be greatly improved through criminological...
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Momentous Illegal Fishing Sanctions out of the EU
As I slowly return to the blogging game after a few months of putting together PhD applications, taking the GRE, and engaging in roughly 75% travel, I find some truly refreshing news in the world of...
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The Proof of Concept of Aerial Catch Estimation
A Google Earth image of a fishing weir along the Persian Gulf coast. We are slowly beginning to see attempts at testing new technologies to assess illegal fishing. Point in fact is the “Short...
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Fishing for Mahi Mahi in Peru
Here’s a wonderful video put together by WWF-Peru on the Peruvian mahi mahi fishery. Even if you don’t understand Spanish, it gives some stunning visuals and is a great way to think about what it’s...
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The Biggest Story of 2013? Wildlife Crime.
Or so said The Guardian in this year in review piece. While we might quibble over what was and what wasn’t the biggest story of 2013, it is clear that 2013 was the year wildlife crime broke into the...
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A Coral Reef to Save All Coral Reefs
It is rare to find a rational source of optimism for those who work in marine conservation. Because of this, I really quite enjoyed reading this piece that suggests that some species of corals in...
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(Free)Diving Into New Waters
A video of my favorite freediver, William Trubridge, freediving The Arch in Dahab, Egypt (my soon to be home) I’ve used this blog to varying degrees and in varying ways over the past three years....
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The History of Life in 3 Minutes
Here’s a great video of Kirk Johnson, director of the National Museum of Natural History, who gives a “deep time” perspective of the history of DNA on Earth. Quite brilliant.
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Traceability in the Seafood Industry
There’s an excellent piece at The Guardian on seafood traceability. Traceability is underway within sustainable forestry certification programmes (such as the Forest Stewardship Council), organic...
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INTERPOL and Illegal Fishing
At the request of South Africa INTERPOL has issued Purple Notices for two vessels suspected of illegal fishing. Today the third country in less than six months requested that INTERPOL put out a “Purple...
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