{"id":1227,"date":"2008-10-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/master.k8s.p4.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/press\/1227\/philippine-fishing-companies-included-in-greenpeace-shame-list-of-pirate-vessels\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T17:05:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T09:05:17","slug":"philippine-fishing-companies-included-in-greenpeace-shame-list-of-pirate-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/press\/1227\/philippine-fishing-companies-included-in-greenpeace-shame-list-of-pirate-vessels\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippine fishing companies included in Greenpeace shame list of pirate vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\tAn online database of fishing vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing was launched by Greenpeace International this week (1). The Greenpeace IUU blacklist is the first fully public one-stop, independent record of fishing vessels, support vessels and companies involved in pirate fishing.\n<\/div>\n
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Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing–often
\nreferred to as, “pirate fishing”–has become a global scourge.
\n\u00a0Pirate fishing robs coastal communities of their livelihoods and
\nsustenance. \u00a0It leaves the marine environment bruised and battered,
\nundermining food security and attempts at sustainable management.
\nGlobally US $9 billion a year is lost to pirate fishing.<\/p>\n

Philippine-flagged tuna fishing and fish carrier vessels found
\npirate fishing by Greenpeace in the international waters of the
\nPacific earlier this year are included in the list (2). The vessels
\nare owned by TSP Marine industries. Also the Philippine company
\nFrabelle Fishing Corporation is also listed.<\/p>\n

The global environmental organization launched its “IUU
\nblacklist” as the 4th session of the Technical Compliance Committee
\n(TCC4) meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries
\nCommission (WCPC) meets in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
\nto discuss increased regulation of tuna fishing in the Pacific
\nwhere pirate fishing of the regional tuna stocks is rife.<\/p>\n

“Transfer of fishing catches at sea should be banned and marine
\nreserves created in international waters which are bound by Pacific
\nIsland countries, as off limits to all fishing. \u00a0This would close
\noff a safe escape route currently open to pirates illegally fishing
\nadjacent to national waters,” said Lagi Toribau of Greenpeace
\nAustralia Pacific attending the meeting.<\/p>\n

Mr Toribau said this would only be achieved if TCC4 reaches
\nstrong recommendations for bold, targeted and effective
\nconservation and management measures. Greenpeace is calling on the
\nPhilippine government to support strong measures to combat pirate
\nfishing in the meeting.<\/p>\n

“Greenpeace is urging all retailers and seafood traders to
\nensure they do not purchase pirate-caught fish and, as a first
\nstep, to ensure that they do not trade with companies listed as
\noperators of pirate vessels” said Sari Tolvanen of Greenpeace
\nInternational. “Unless the Philippine government ensures its
\nnationals are not engaged in pirate fishing there could be
\nconsequences to the reputation of Philippine caught and processed
\nseafood products. The government needs to secure the reputation of
\nPhillippine tuna and the livelihoods and economy that depend on
\nit,” continued Tolvanen.<\/p>\n

“Each year numerous vessels are observed and recorded as
\nengaging in pirate fishing across every ocean and sea. But the lack
\nof global political will and scarce resources for enforcement in
\nmany coastal states means that most of the vessels and the
\ncompanies behind them just carry on fishing. It isn’t really
\npossible to discourage pirates by asking them politely to please
\nmove along. There have to be clear and strict rules in place that
\nprevent pirate fishing in the first place–and heavy sanctions for
\nthose who are caught,” said Tolvanen.<\/p>\n

The new Greenpeace database supplements the IUU database
\nlaunched in 2007, which contained only those pirate fishing vessels
\nofficially blacklisted by regional fisheries management
\norganizations and governments.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace advocates the creation of an effectively enforced
\nnetwork of marine reserves, protecting 40% of the world’s
\noceans–with regulated, sustainable fishing in other areas–as the
\nlong-term solution to overfishing and the recovery of marine life
\nin our overexploited oceans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Other contacts:<\/b> Sari Tolvanen, Oceans Campaigner Greenpeace International, Amsterdam: +31655125480
\nLagi Toribau, Oceans Campaigner, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, in Pohnpei: +6919220904<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/b> (1) http:\/\/blacklist.greenpeace.org<\/a>
\n(2) http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/pacific-plunder<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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