GLOBAL PUSH TO END ILLEGAL FISHING GATHERS PACE
March 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AT time when the world's governments are trying to stem losses to complex financial frauds, another international initiative is tackling another slippery customer - illegal fishing. Keith Nuthall reports.
FAR from the prying eyes of police and customs officers, the breaking of international and national fishing laws and regulations happens every day. It is hard to assess the cost of illicit fishing of course, but there is little doubt its value is billions of dollars. A new study by Imperial College, London; British fisheries consultants MRAG ...
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