Fighting the fish pirates
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05 Apr 2002 - 18 Jan 2016
If you buy fish in a store, do you know where it comes from? It might be stolen from the poor. It could even have cost lives.
February 2001 in the Indian Ocean, off Goa. A suspect vessel is stopped by a fast patrol boat, directed by a plane. A helicopter stands by in case the boat tries to flee. Indian officials are about to perform a cargo inspection. They will arrest the crew or seize the boat if necessary.
It won't be. The boat is part of a demonstration exercise by the Indian coast guard and carries fisheries officials attending a workshop on fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) organized through an FAO project.
February 2001 in the Indian Ocean, off Goa. A suspect vessel is stopped by a fast patrol boat, directed by a plane. A helicopter stands by in case the boat tries to flee. Indian officials are about to perform a cargo inspection. They will arrest the crew or seize the boat if necessary.
It won't be. The boat is part of a demonstration exercise by the Indian coast guard and carries fisheries officials attending a workshop on fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) organized through an FAO project.
Keywords: ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, UNREGULATED FISHING, MONITORING CONTROL SURVEILLANCE, FISH PIRACY, SAFETY, MANAGEMENT FOR RESPONSIBLE FISHING
Related Topics: Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing
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