Tag: pirate fishing

  • Call for better marsec in Cameroon

    IUU fishing becoming a serious problem in region. Cameroon Tribune calls for more maritime security on our waterways Cameroon Tribune has sounded a note of caution to the CPDM government […]

  • There’s more to Somali fishing than piracy

    Somaliland quietly going about its business. There’s more to Somali fishing than piracy By Kim Yi Dionne Thanks to “Black Hawk Down” and “Captain Phillips,” Hollywood has permanently etched into […]

  • Illegal fishing and piracy

    Claims of over-fishing spur piracy discussion. Illegal Overfishing and the Return of Somalia’s Pirates By Jessica Hatcher Durduri — A hundred years ago, it was a bustling port that served […]

  • Somalia: Beyond Naval Interventions

    The Somalia Maritime Resource and Security Strategy. Somalia: Beyond Naval Interventions in Somali Piracy Public Diplomacy and Regional Humanitarian Initiative News By: Joana Ama Osei-Tutu. In 2011, at the height of […]

  • Spain denies IUU fishing role

    Somalis claim illegal fishing could push them back into piracy. Spain: Government and tuna fleet refute accusations of illegal fishing in Somalia The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) […]

  • ‘Illegal fishing makes us pirates’

    Fisherman claims he was forced to become pirate. Illegal fishing vessels have forced us to be pirates, says Iranian vessel hijacker Pirates who seized Iranian ship have for the first […]

  • Fishing pirates flee Thailand

    “We blinked and the ship was gone.” Fishing pirates flee Thailand in black-listed boat Lindsay Murdoch Bangkok:  A notorious black-listed fishing vessel has broken free of Thai naval authorities off the […]

  • Indonesia hits illegal fishing

    Scuttled ships will form artificial reef. Indonesia sinks 34 foreign vessels to stop illegal fishing By John Stansfield Indonesia, the world’s biggest archipelago nation, sank 34 foreign illegal fishing boats in several places […]

  • Zambia launches special forces marine unit

    New unit to protect fisheries and border. Zambia launches special forces marine unit Zambian president Edgar Lungu on 26 July launched a new marine special forces unit to improve maritime […]

  • IMO visits MTISC-GoG

    MTISC-GoG provides security alerts to shipping. Information Sharing to Fight Piracy and Illegal Fishing MO’s Chris Trelawny has visited the Maritime Trade Information Sharing Centre (MTISC-GoG), located in the Regional […]