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This technical brief focuses on how best to implement a central principle of EJF’s Charter for Transparency: publishing punishments handed out for illegal fishing and fisheries crimes.

This report helps states to implement two key principles of EJF’s Charter for Transparency: publishing lists of fishing licences and authorisations and publishing punishments handed out for illegal fishing and fisheries crimes. The Charter for Transparency consists of ten simple, low-cost measures that could play a pivotal role in the battle against illegal fishing.

This technical brief focuses on how best to implement a central principle of EJF’s Charter for Transparency: publishing lists of fishing licences and authorisations.

This report reveals the linkages between the European seafood market and illegal practices in Ghana’s industrial trawl sector.

In November 2019, the Government of Ghana committed to ending the highly destructive and illegal fishing practice known as “saiko”. Since this announcement, almost 400 saiko canoes have landed fish illegally at Elmina port. EJF is calling on the President to lead in taking action to ensure saiko is eradicated.

Violent abuse of migrant workers and flagrant illegal fishing are systemic problems across Taiwan’s distant water fishing fleet, a survey conducted by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) of crew from 62 vessels has found.

This briefing provides background on the Korean deep water fishing fleet and sets out structural issues with its management, concluding with detailed recommendations to the Korean government.