Seafood2030 recently hosted a Virtual Forum on 1 and 2 December, focusing on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and systems being developed to fight it. The event was recorded and can be watched at https://seafood2030.vfairs.com/.
Featured during the discussion was the Stanford Center for Oceans’ recent work studying IUU fishing and the global response to it. Along with the full-length presentation from the event, Seafood2030 has also produced a six-minute “executive summary” of the presentation.
The direct economic impacts of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing on the seafood industry are becoming better understood, as is the reputational risk that these practices cause for the entire seafood industry.
These impacts can be most harmful for developing nations struggling to manage their fisheries sustainably. According to the Stanford Center for Oceans, nearly one billion people worldwide rely on fish as their main source of protein.
“In many of the countries that are most dependent, one fish in three is stolen,” Stanford Center for Oceans Co-Diurector Jim Leape told SeafoodSource. ”IUU fishing defeats governments’ efforts to manage their resources and undercuts the millions of fishers who are playing by the rules.”
The complexity of the challenge of addressing IUU fishing requires a level of coordination of efforts and resources that has been difficult to attain across key geographies, sectors, and governments, according to Leape. In a recent presentation, Leape said a coordinated effort to address IUU fishing is emerging to help the industry meaningfully reduce the impacts of illegal fishing on it and fishing-dependent communities.
Read more:
https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/seafood2030-how-technology-government-efforts-and-market-action-are-aligning-to-address-iuu-fishing