The European Union and Thailand are in talks to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) that could enable the duty-free passage of ...

Vietnam has intensified its crackdown on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, launching 39 criminal cases across the country as part of a broader effort to enhance fisheries management ...

Without effective deterrents in the form of financial penalties or punitive measures, this new Fisheries Act won’t be worth the paper it’s printed on.” ...

With this effort, the EU announced on Jan 8, 2019, the lifting of the yellow card against Thailand in recognition of the substantive progress the country had made against IUU fishing. Although the ...

The agreement strengthens prior rules requiring countries to control the activities of their own fishing fleets and is designed to raise the cost of IUU fishing by making it harder for wrongly ...

Beijing described the US' designation of China for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as “a complete political manipulation”. Last week the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Ben Tre province now has 3,649 registered fishing vessels, with 3,474 licensed to operate, accounting for 95.2%. Of the boats ...

It entered into force on 5 June 2016. It is estimated that 1 in every 5 fish caught, comes from IUU fishing. When such fish ends up on our plates, we are unwitting accomplices in unsustainable ...

Bac Lieu, a province in the Southwestern region with 56km of coastline, currently has 847 fishing vessels, including 423 vessels of 15m in length or longer.