Illegal fishing becoming top maritime security risk

dc.contributor.author	East-West Center
dc.date.accessioned	2021-10-22T00:48:36Z
dc.date.available	2021-10-22T00:48:36Z
dc.date.issued	2021-10-19
dc.description	Part 1 of a 2-part series.<br>Read part 2: The Global Battle Against Illicit Fishing (<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/10125/76560">http://hdl.handle.net/10125/76560</a>)<br><br>For more about the East-West Center, see <a href="http://www.eastwestcenter.org/">http://www.eastwestcenter.org/</a>
dc.description.abstract	Experts highlight the scope of the threat in the Indo-Pacific region. Quick take:<br>- Research suggests that up to one in five fish is caught and sold illegally worldwide.<br>- Officials say that illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is replacing piracy as the world’s top maritime security threat.<br>- IUU fishing activities threaten the world’s ocean ecosystems and place law-abiding fisheries at a disadvantage.<br>- Low levels of enforcement provide an entry point for maritime crime such as arms smuggling, drug running and human trafficking.<br>- Weakly managed fisheries, inshore poaching by foreign vessels, and illegal activities by licensed ships are the biggest contributors to the IUU problem in the Indo-Pacific region.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/76559
dc.language.iso	en-US
dc.publisher	Honolulu, HI : East-West Center
dc.title	Illegal fishing becoming top maritime security risk
dc.type	Other
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