All RFMO articles
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NewsHigh Seas Treaty enters into force: what it means for fisheries and ocean industries
Now officially international law, the landmark ocean governance framework adds environmental oversight and MPA pathways
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NewsDelivering on science while delaying monitoring for Pacific tuna fisheries: ISSF’s response to the WCPFC annual meeting
When WCPFC members align around shared scientific objectives, significant outcomes are possible, global coalition says
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NewsEuropêche: NEAFC ‘dead end’ shows fresh approach needed for shared fisheries management
Decision-making has become deeply flawed and needs urgent review, insists European fishing industry body
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NewsOPINION: Securing the Pacific’s tuna future – ISSF issues priorities for WCPFC’s 22nd session
Decisive action needed in managing FADs, strengthening at-sea transhipment regulation and port state controls
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NewsWarning of severe overfishing as NEAFC fails to agree on science-based limits
EU issues heavy criticism after proposals to set mackerel and blue whiting catch limits in line with scientific advice were rejected
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NewsTropical tuna purse seine fishing fleet expands
ISSF report shows growth in vessel numbers with minimal capacity increase
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NewsEuropean Union, Côte d’Ivoire renew sustainable fisheries partnership
Brussels and West African country sign protocol that resumes their cooperation under the fisheries partnership agreement
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NewsScience leads the way: ISSF annual report highlights tuna fishing achievements
Seafood coalition spotlights global efforts to drive sustainability through science-based solutions, industry engagement and policy advocacy
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NewsISSF: Progress made at IOTC
NGO applauds new measures for skipjack, bigeye and sharks, but urges further action
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NewsTrump signs Executive Order to revive US seafood industry
“The erosion of American seafood competitiveness at the hands of unfair foreign trade practices must end,” says US President
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NewsEU introduces new tools to tackle unsustainable fishing by third-countries
Clearer definition of “failure to cooperate” on sustainable fisheries and countries considered to be allowing non-sustainable fishing
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NewsInvestigation: Chinese tuna fleet used North Korean forced labour
Crew members apparently subjected to abuses, including being trapped at sea for up to a decade, on vessels involved in illegal fishing
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NewsOp-Ed: Electronic monitoring revival shows we can still do hard things
ISSF President Susan Jackson says RFMOs are making dramatic strides towards worldwide EMS standards
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NewsRFMOs ‘fail to protect oceans’
RFMOs are failing to sustain fisheries and are ’wholly ill-equipped’ to manage the additional responsibility of safeguarding ocean health, says NGO
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NewsGreenpeace: Shocking failures in global fisheries management
New report claims RFMOs have failed to prevent overfishing, species decimation and the destruction of vulnerable ecosystems
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NewsCampaign group urges greater fisheries openness
Campaign group Accountability.Fish has launched a series of videos to encourage fisheries to be more transparent and open
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NewsOp-Ed: Make 2024 the year that EM becomes ‘business as usual’ in global tuna fisheries
International Seafood Sustainability Foundation President Susan Jackson urges action to unlock the transformative impacts of electronic monitoring
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NewsSustainable fisheries championed at ICCAT
Important proposals on the protection and sustainable management of sharks have been adopted but no agreement for bigeye tuna
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NewsOp-Ed: Secrecy in fisheries management – bad news for the world’s oceans
Accountability.Fish Global Director Ryan Orgera addresses the implications of closed shop RFMOs
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NewsProgress for Med and Black Sea fisheries, aquaculture
GFCM’s 46th session has been hailed as one of the most productive in the organisation’s history
