AUTHOR: Dr Pramod_Ganapathiraju
RELEASE YEAR: 2023
OVERVIEW:
Policing the Open Seas report is the most comprehensive global evaluation of Fisheries Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (F-MCS) to date covering more than 80 countries. This report document’s latest information to draw a picture of the gaps & strengths in MCS infrastructure, inspections and capabilities in each nation to tackle and control Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. Over a seven year period more than 180 enforcement officials, MCS experts and Government officers from 84 countries were contacted for consultation and feedback at different stages of this compliance analysis. 52 confidential interviews and peer reviews from external experts were also conducted with enforcement officials in developing countries. It is pertinent to note that there is hardly any published literature to estimate MCS effectiveness in the fisheries sector and hence this global study constitutes the first step in seeking accountability from coastal states.
Using a wide range of interviews and in-country consultations with both military and civilian agencies, the report exemplifies the best attempt by the author(s) at evaluation of MCS compliance using 12 attributes derived from international fisheries laws. The twelve questions are divided into two evaluation fields, (MCS Infrastructure and Inspections). Complete details of the methods and results of this global evaluation would be published shortly through a global report later next year.
14 country reports have been made public and the rest will be published as a ebook through a global report.
GLOBAL REPORTS (COUNTRY-WISE)
- ANGOLA
- ALGERIA
- ARGENTINA
- AUSTRALIA
- BANGLADESH
- BENIN
- BRAZIL
- BRUNEI
- CAMBODIA
- CAMEROON
- CANADA
- CAPE VERDE
- CHILE
- CHINA
- COLOMBIA
- COOK ISLANDS
- COTE D’IVOIRE
- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
- ECUADOR
- EGYPT
- EQUATORIAL GUINEA
- FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
- FIJI
- FRANCE
- GABON
- GAMBIA
- GHANA
- GUINEA
- GUINEA BISSAU
- GUYANA
- ICELAND
- IRELAND
- INDIA
- INDONESIA
- IRAN
- JAPAN
- KENYA
- KIRIBATI
- LIBERIA
- LIBYA
- MADAGASCAR
- MALAYSIA
- MALDIVES
- MAURITANIA
- MAURITIUS
- MEXICO
- MOROCCO
- MOZAMBIQUE
- MYANMAR
- NAMIBIA
- NEW ZEALAND
- NIGERIA
- NORTH KOREA
- NORWAY
- OMAN
- PALAU
- PANAMA
- PAKISTAN
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA
- PERU
- PHILIPPINES
- RUSSIAN FEDERATION
- SAUDI ARABIA
- SENEGAL
- SEYCHELLES
- SIERRA LEONE
- SOLOMON ISLANDS
- SOMALIA
- SOUTH AFRICA
- REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA)
- SRI LANKA
- SWEDEN
- TAIWAN
- TANZANIA
- THAILAND
- TIMOR-LESTE
- TOGO
- TONGA
- TUNISIA
- TUVALU
- UNITED KINGDOM
- VANUATU
- VIETNAM
- YEMEN