Unsustainable Seafood: A New Crackdown on Illegal Fishing

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Photograph: © SAF – Coastal Care

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A recent study shows that a surprisingly large amount of the seafood sold in U.S. markets is caught illegally.

In a series of actions over the last few months, governments and international regulators have started taking aim at stopping this illicit trade in contraband fish…

Read Full Article, Yale E360

One in Three Fish Imported Into U.S. May Be Illegal, National Geographic
A new study, in the journal Marine Policy, says up to $2 billion worth of wild-caught seafood imports comes from pirate fishing around the world…

Original Study: “Estimates of illegal and unreported fish in seafood imports to the USA,” Marine Policy, Science Direct

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