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MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY IN INDIA: FISHERIES “MCS” A KEY ENABLER
Introduction
India has close to 2,60,000 registered fishing vessels.[1] These include deep-sea fishing vessels (61), motorised mechanical vessels (62,130), motorised non-mechanical vessels (1,40,272) and non-motorised/traditional boats…
UnsplashILLEGAL UNREPORTED AND UNREGULATED(IUU) FISHING IN PALK BAY: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES.
The Context
Palk Bay is the South-western portion of the strait which is a small stretch of ocean in the Bay of Bengal located between Northern Sri Lanka and south eastern India. The strait is bounded on the south by Pamban Island, Adam’s…
Image Credits: World Ocean ReviewCHINA UNDER SCANNER FOR IUU FISHING OPERATIONS
China has invited sharp reactions from African countries over excessive and indiscriminate exploitation of sea-based resources. In December 2014, officials from 24 African countries expressed concerns over the poor state of the African fisheries…
Image Credits: Allianz Global Corporate & SpecialtySIX STEPS TO COMBATTING IUU FISHING
The 2014 Global Ocean Commission report From Decline to Recovery: A Rescue Package for the Global Ocean has likened the high seas to a ‘failed State’ where ‘lawlessness verging on anarchy’…
