The independent non-profit organisation is based in Gaborone in Botswana and will work to expand support to network members in Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are impressed by SIF\u2019s on-going work to support national fisheries authorities through investigative support, mentoring, communications and awareness, and by establishing information sharing and collaborative networking opportunities,\u201d said Mark Young, executive director of the IMCS Network.<\/p>\n
Gary Orr, IMCS Network chair, added that SIF\u2019s support in west Africa and east Africa has pioneered the model of regional task forces cooperating to stop illegal fishing. \u201cWe look forward to the network engaging more closely through this new relationship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The IMCS Network will be holding its first virtual global fisheries enforcement training workshop in July. Entitled \u2018Uncovering the Unknowns: Global Cooperation to Eliminate \u201cthe U\u2019s\u201d in Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing\u2019 the workshop aims to prompt a closer examination of the regional task force approach.<\/p>\n
With SIF on board, the IMCS Network now includes seven official observers, namely OceanMind, Trygg Mat Tracking, Global Fishing Watch, Vulcan, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation of Australia and the Offshore Fisheries Development Corporation of Taiwan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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