New report links illegal fishing to security concerns

New report links illegal fishing to security concerns

July 2017 — Sally Frankcom (Communications Officer) attended the launch of the RUSI Occasional Paper ‘Below the Surface: How Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Threatens Our Security

The publication critically analyses current understandings of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as threats to our security. It shows how much IUU fishing takes place on a systematic and industrial scale, across multiple jurisdictions, as a form of transnational organised crime.

Commander Tony Long RN (Ret’d), Director of the Ending Illegal Fishing Project at The Pew Charitable Trusts chaired the event. Speakers included:

  • Cathy Haenlein, Research Fellow in Serious and Organised Crime, RUSI
  • Lt Stephen Roberts RN, Future Operations TAA, EU Naval Force Somalia
  • Peter Hammarstedt, Director of Ship Operations, Sea Shepherd Global
  • Steve Trent, Executive Director, Environmental Justice Foundation
  • Elsa da Gloria Patria, Chair, Stop Illegal Fishing