Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is an enormous problem affecting Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. In particular, the marine protected areas that make up the Marine Corridor of the Eastern Tropical Pacific (CMAR) are constantly threatened by illegal fisheries dedicated to capturing species of high commercial value.
This information was revealed by an extensive report from the MarViva Foundation in Costa Rica.
Despite the absence of data on this activity due to its clandestine nature, it is estimated that IUU fishing represents between 15% and 35% of the total volume of annual fishery production worldwide.
Among the threatened species are yellowfin tuna, silky shark, oceanic whitetip shark, bigeye shark, thresher shark, hammerhead shark, great hammerhead shark, whitetip, and bonnethead shark.
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is an enormous problem affecting Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. In particular, the marine protected areas that make up the Marine Corridor of the Eastern Tropical Pacific (CMAR) are constantly threatened by illegal fisheries dedicated to capturing species of high commercial value.
This information was revealed by an extensive report from the MarViva Foundation in Costa Rica.
Despite the absence of data on this activity due to its clandestine nature, it is estimated that IUU fishing represents between 15% and 35% of the total volume of annual fishery production worldwide.
Among the threatened species are yellowfin tuna, silky shark, oceanic whitetip shark, bigeye shark, thresher shark, hammerhead shark, great hammerhead shark, whitetip, and bonnethead shark.