5th Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop

International cooperation key to stopping illegal fishing

Illegal fishing can also through sharing of information by Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) practitioners around the globe.

“No nation is immune to illegal fishing activities. We must all work together whether that be at bilateral, regional or international frameworks to target and eliminate what is internationally recognized as environmental crime,” according to Martyn Dunne, Director General for host New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI).