Latest IUU fishing News & Updates

Panaji, Feb 17 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for Defence, Sanjay Seth, will join maritime security experts from the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) in generating solutions to contemporary challenges at the fifth edition of Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC-26) on February 21, an official said on Tuesday. Scheduled to be held at the Naval War College in Goa, Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff, will host Chiefs of Navies, heads of maritime forces, and senior representatives from 14 nations a…

Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) US lawmakers recently released an investigation, accusing China of being the “world’s largest perpetrator” of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, a report has highlighted. Chairman John Moolenaar of the US Select Committee on China and Chairman Carlos Gimenez of the US House Homeland Security Committee’s Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee released an investigation which details how China commands the world’s largest Distant-Water Fishing…