Secure Fisheries Blog

• Transboundary collaboration: Reducing conflicts around fisheries

  Aug 03, 2016 in Fisheries Governance

  

  Fish is an important food for over 400 million Africans. Yet this essential resource is threatened by overfishing due to the lack of strong policies and regulations. Managing fisheries and preventing overfishing has proven difficult when there is open access to water resources, which inherently promotes competition and, in many cases, leads to a tragedy.

• Fishy Agreements

  Jul 05, 2016 in Fisheries Governance

  

  Across one continent, two similar countries—Mauritania and Somalia—have diverged in their fisheries development. The Somali region may be positioned to follow in the footsteps of Mauritania, a country that has received a great deal of revenue through fisheries agreements. But will that help or hurt Somalis? Before they accept the cash, it will be useful to consider what Mauritanians have sacrificed in the process.

• Overfished - Yellowfin Tuna on the Brink

  Jun 09, 2016 in Fisheries Governance

  

  From sandwiches to sushi, tuna is a global staple. World tuna catch is worth more than $42 billion annually, making the tuna industry a giant in the fishing world. It supports millions of jobs and provides food security for people in developed and developing countries alike.

• Fishing For Weapons

  May 04, 2016 in Fisheries Conflict, Fisheries Governance

  

  The Australian Navy confiscated an unlikely fishing haul in February, 2016: 2,000 AK-47s, 100 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 49 machine guns and spare barrels, and 20 mortar tubes. 

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