Last Updated on July 4, 2024, 7:58 AM AST by Anthony Morris
St. Kitts and Nevis: The Department of Marine Resources and the Department of Maritime Affairs signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The signing of the MoU was held at the Grenada Conference Room, Mariott Resort.
The announcement of the signing of the memorandum was through the official social media of Ministry of Agriculture on July 4, 2024. The Memorandum is signed aiming to strengthen the fight against the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing.
The Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources, et al., Samal Duggins, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, etc., Tivanna Wharton signed the MoU.
The signing of this MoU highlights the commitment to reviving the High Sea fishing fleet. It also marks a major significant stride towards demonstrating the EU Commission a serious commitment to combat the IUU Fishing.
Notably, the Department of Marine Resources expressed gratitude to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for their assistance and address gaps in the current regulations.
Considerably, IUU fishing includes a wide variety of fishing activity that is found in all the types and dimensions of fisheries. It might occur both on the high seas and in areas within national jurisdiction.
Illegal Fishing includes fishing activities that are done against the applicable laws and regulations that may be both regional and international level.
Unreported fishing consists of fishing activities that are misreported or not reported to the relevant authorities and Unregulated fishing involves areas or fish stocks for which there are no applicable conservation or management issues.
St. Kitts and Nevis has been continuously making significant changes to make the nation a better place and is also doing great for success of the agriculture and fisheries department so it could give positive and beneficial results to the country.
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