New technologies in Fisheries


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GGSD 2017 Issue Paper New technologies in Fisheries WEB

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Setting the scene 

 

Fisheries represent an important source of food and livelihood for millions of people around 



the world. However, based on Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) analysis of assessed 

commercial fish stocks, the share of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels has 

decreased since the 1970s and is only starting to recover now.

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 IUU fishing is estimated at 



15% of total catches, representing a value of EUR 24 billion annually.

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Globalisation has provided opportunities for criminal networks to expand the scope and 

scale of IUU fishing operations, sometimes in combination with other crimes such as drug 

trafficking, forced labour, tax crimes and even financing of terrorist activities (UNODC, 2011; 

OECD, 2016).  

International organisations support governments in their fight against IUU fishing (Figure 1) 

but this activity persists partly due to the difficulty in monitoring all seas in real time. As fish 

stocks become scarcer, fish quotas tend to decline further for law-abiding vessels thereby 

creating unfair competition from vessels fishing illegally. 




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