As the One Ocean Summit opens in Brest on Wednesday 9 February, NGOs from the European Union, the United States and Japan have called on their nations to prioritise policies to “end” illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
In their letter, the NGOs (Greenpeace, Oceana, WWF...) state that illegal fishing is one of the most serious threats to sustainable fisheries and ocean conservation and that this problem creates unfair competition for fishers operating legally. In addition, this...