Tag: ‘IUU’
FCWC statement on Agenda item 9: Combatting Illegal, Unre...
February 4, 2021
34th Session of the Committee on Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1-5 Februa...
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New Project Backs Liberia’s War against IUU
January 2, 2021
Liberia’s effort to empower local fishing communities to tackle illicit fishing activities and practice sustainable e...
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Fish scarcity hits the Gambia, affecting livelihoods
November 14, 2020
Mustapha K Darboe BANJUL, Gambia Despite the Gambia River crisscrossing its territory and sharing an 80-kilomet...
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Benin and Liberia become party to the Port State Measures...
July 31, 2019
Benin is the latest country to become party to the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), the first binding internatio...
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Sierra Leone moves to combat overfishing
June 19, 2019
In April, Sierra Leone took drastic action to combat illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing in its territo...
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Sierra Leone: Chinese vessel caught illegally fishing
August 19, 2018
West African nation loses some $50M annually to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, according to World Bank...
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FCWC members work with national and regional agencies to ...
July 9, 2018
The Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) has launched a new report “The West Africa Task&he...
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Liberia to tap into aquaculture potential
May 29, 2018
Along with many of its West African neighbours, Liberia’s fish production is a fraction of what it could be. A…
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Nigeria loses $70m annually to illegal fishing –Navy
April 15, 2018
Philip Nwosu About $70 million is lost annually to illegal unreported and unregulated fishing in Nigeria, so the Nige...
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Nigeria to scale up fish production through research
March 21, 2018
LAGOS, March 20 (Xinhua) — Nigeria is to scale up tilapia and catfish production through research in the countr...
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