IUU fishing

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Market Advisory Council (MAC) is calling on Brussels to introduce improvements to the CATCH digital import control system to help ensure proportionality, legal certainty and market stability as the platform becomes established across the European Union.

7th August 2026

MAC seeks CATCH improvements

7th August 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fifteen governments from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific have adopted the Mombasa Declaration, committing to improve fisheries transparency and strengthen efforts to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

18th June 2026

Nations back fisheries transparency push

18th June 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Coalition for Fisheries Transparency (CFT) has called on parliamentarians to place fisheries transparency at the centre of efforts to build a sustainable future for the UK fishing industry.

12th June 2026

Transparency push targets illegal fishing

12th June 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A lack of transparency over the ownership of commercial fishing vessels operating in UK waters is creating significant risks for fisheries governance, according to a new report published by environmental law organisation…

4th June 2026

Ownership gap raises fisheries concerns

4th June 2026

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The FAIRR Initiative has launched the Coller FAIRR Seafood Index, a new benchmark assessing how the world’s largest seafood companies are managing the environmental, social and health impacts of their operations.

28th May 2026

Seafood benchmark reveals sustainability gaps

28th May 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Coalition for Fisheries Transparency (CFT) has welcomed the UK’s ratification of the International Maritime Organization’s Cape Town Agreement, describing the move as a major step forward for safety, fisheries transparency and…

18th May 2026

UK ratifies landmark fishing treaty

18th May 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Environmental groups are urging the UK government to strengthen fisheries transparency rules and accelerate efforts to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as pressure grows for tougher protections of marine ecosystems.

14th May 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners urge UK fisheries reform

14th May 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

An investigation by DeSmog and The Guardian has uncovered large-scale illegal fishing inside a protected marine area off Guinea-Bissau, with thousands of tonnes of sardinella processed into fishmeal and entering global aquaculture…

18th March 2026

Illegal fishing fuels global aquaculture

18th March 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Vietnam is intensifying efforts to combat illegal fishing as it seeks to remove the long-standing warning issued by the European Commission over illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

9th March 2026

Vietnam intensifies IUU fishing fight

9th March 2026

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Coalition for Fisheries Transparency (CFT) has welcomed the full ratification of the Cape Town Agreement, a major ocean treaty aimed at protecting fishers’ lives at sea. The global network of more…

26th February 2026

CFT: Cape Town Agreement’s full ratification advances global fisheries transparency

26th February 2026

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The 2012 Cape Town Agreement has met the requirements for entry into force and will enter into force in February 2027, closing a longstanding gap in the global maritime safety framework, the…

26th February 2026

Cape Town Agreement to enter into force in 2027

26th February 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new investigation by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has warned that governance failures in the Southeast Pacific squid fishery are pushing one of the world’s most important cephalopod resources towards ecological…

24th February 2026

EJF warns Southeast Pacific squid fishery is nearing crisis

24th February 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new report by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has revealed the continued scale of illegal bycatch taken by Ghana’s industrial trawl fleet, warning that the practice is driving fish stock collapse,…

4th February 2026

EJF exposes Ghanaian fishing crisis

4th February 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Vast areas of the world’s oceans remain effectively unmonitored, allowing illegal fishing and serious human rights abuses to persist beyond public scrutiny, according to a new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation…

28th January 2026

Make crime at sea harder: EJF urges fleet-wide CCTV

28th January 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Oceana has warned that at least 105 large-scale fishing vessels owned by EU citizens or companies are operating under flags of convenience, tax havens or countries facing EU warnings for failing to…

21st January 2026

Oceana flags EU fishing loophole

21st January 2026

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A new system introducing a digital catch certificate for all fishery products entering the European Union came into force on 10 January 2026, with the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries saying it…

13th January 2026

EU’s new digital certification system to tackle illegal fishing comes into effect

13th January 2026

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The United Kingdom will require seafood exporters to provide new information to generate IUU documentation through the Fish Export Service (FES) from the evening of 8 January 2026, the government’s Marine Management…

9th December 2025

New UK seafood export requirements to apply from 8 January 2026

9th December 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new study from Oceana has found widespread gaps in labelling and potential mislabelling of squid products sold in Brussels and Milan, with nearly half of all items analysed missing basic consumer…

27th November 2025

Study: Half of squid products in Brussels and Milan lack mandatory consumer information

27th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new international handbook urges stronger import control to stop illegal fishing and close gaps that enable it in the global seafood market.

24th November 2025

Global push to block illegal seafood

24th November 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Justin Conrad, President of Bay Hill Seafood Sales, and the 2026 Chair of the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) will testify on 19 November 2025 before the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee…

19th November 2025

Incoming NFI chair to testify before congress on IUU bill

19th November 2025