A new report documents the huge scale of illegal activity by Chinese “floating fish factories” that set up off the…
Browsing: Illegal Fishing
Since seven East African nations agreed to launch The Jahazi Project in September 2025, authorities have strengthened protections against illegal,…
Chinese-owned vessels continue to threaten fisheries and livelihoods in Ghanaian waters, despite the country’s successful crackdown on transshipment at sea…
Monitoring vast expanses of sea requires cooperation and technological tools. During the Cutlass Express 2026 (CE26) maritime security exercise, East…
Several ships left a port in Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave between Lithuania and Poland, in August 2024 and sailed off…
Somali fisherman Sadiq Mohammed Abdulle returned to shore with empty nets in a village near Mogadishu. The waters there once…
The Kenya Navy in late October seized 1,024 kilograms of methamphetamine from a vessel it intercepted 630 kilometers off the…
As Sahelian insecurity continues its westward and southward surge, Ghana is beefing up its maritime security to address sea crimes…
A criminal gang kidnapped 16 merchant vessel crew members in the Gulf of Guinea and held them near the beach…
Africa loses an estimated $11.2 billion in annual revenue to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The challenge is particularly…