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This report discusses the rapid expansion of squid fishing in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Convention Area. The vessels appear to operate e...

This report recommends the need for action in North Sumatra to tackle the continued and sometimes deadly conflicts between traditional fishing communi...

Mexico has access to an extensive coastline that has served the country by becoming a primary source of food and job creation. The increase in fisheri...

The IUU fishing index was created to provide a benchmark for 152 coastal countries on their exposure and response to IUU fishing. With this benchmark,...

This paper presents a conceptual model for the analysis of the costs and benefit aspects of the risk inherent in illegal, unreported and unregulated (...

The Ports Task Force Ghana (PTFG) is working diligently to implement the National Strategy and Action Plan for the implementation of the 2009 FAO Agre...

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has seen staggering growth in transshipment activity within its Convention Area. Using pu...

This paper summarises publicly available transshipment data to address the increasing number of high transshipment events occurring in the IOTC’s co...

This report discusses the threat of erroneous data available to MCS practitioners which can in turn lead to poor decision making, loss of credibility ...

Greenpeace undertook a research project to understand the extent of misuse of AIS by the global reefer industry. Greenpeace identified and studied 416...

In an extensive one-year research on Thailand's overseas fishing fleets, Greenpeace finds that many of Thailand's distant water fishing fleets partici...

This report analyzed the movements of carrier vessels operating in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Convention area in 201...

This report presents the first study to use automatic identification system (AIS) data to examine the risks of unregulated fishing to ocean health. It...

This paper discusses the problem of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing on the high seas and acknowledges increasing restrictions put into pla...

In this research study, Global Fishing Watch uses AIS information to identify where transshipment can be happening and who is doing it. About 42 perce...

This paper recognises seafood sustainability and human rights challenges associated with transshipment at sea
and seeks to identify global patterns ...

The Committee on Fisheries (COFI) undertook a global report on transshipment activities including the state of transshipment regulations and practices...

In this research study, Global Fishing Watch uses AIS information to identify where transshipment can be happening and who is doing it. About 42 perce...

Transshipment at sea is a practice where refrigerated cargo vessels, also known as reefers, meet with fishing boats to exchange catch, fresh water, fo...

This paper explores social networks to determine fleet activities and disentangling IUU fishing. The authors highlight the connectedness of a tanker ...