Stop Illegal Fishing

Preventing illegally-caught fish from entering national markets needs a collaborative effort. In Luanda, port & maritime authorities and fisheries officers are strengthening their cooperation, closing the gap for #IUU fishing in Angola @sadcmcscc #SADCAtlanticStates @SADC_News

@sadcmcscc's Project #SADCAtlanticStates has started in Namibia! A valuable support from #BMZ 🇩🇪 through #GIZ and the #EU 🇪🇺 to continue strengthening regional #MCS cooperation of #MCSCC and #BCC as part of the Blue Benguela Current Action Initiative tinyurl.com/mryb5xn6

‘Renewed global attention to #fishingcapacity management is essential to ensure fleets are aligned with the productive potential of fisheries resources & long-term sustainability’: fishing capacity high on the agenda at the COFI:FM 2nd session next week 🇮🇸tinyurl.com/3pkpf3pe

"African ports, including those in Southern and West Africa, are becoming less accessible to illegal catch to protect food security, livelihoods and the ocean economy" said @sadcmcscc Chair to @ObserverNamibia: shorturl.at/LB3Dq @SADC_News #ProtectingOurFisheries

Fishing vessels move across EEZs. Inter-regional exchange of information on their activities can be very effective to prevent #IUU caught fish from entering our ports. This week @sadcmcscc is in 🇬🇭 to strengthen cooperation with other like-minded organisations @FCWC_CPCO #CSRP

Fishing vessel inspection: an area where 🇿🇦 #fisheries #MCS officers excell, and valuable expertise to share within the #SADC through the @sadcmcscc – raising the bar of regional MCS capacity. "We @Environmentza are showing the world that Cape Town is not a port of convenience"

This week in Cape Town🇿🇦, South Africa kicked off the new Project of the @sadcmcscc 'SADC ATLANTIC States', making the next step towards harmonisation of #MCS practices for risk assessment, inspection & port State measures to end #IUUfishing in the #SADC region @environmentza

Celebrating #WorldFisheriesDay in 🇧🇼with @SADC_News, emphasising the importance of sustainable use of aquatic resources for the region & its people. "Blue economy is also for landlocked countries" said FANR Director Domingos Gove, recalling SADC's vision for "blue transformation"

Thank you Angola🇦🇴 for inviting our coordinator @bergh_per to talk about the potential and successes of the @sadcmcscc to combat #IUUfishing at the #CIPAS International Conference on sustainable #fisheries – and for taking the lead on regional cooperation to #ProtectOurFisheries

"Through #SADC, we must act as a region to stop the presence of monofilament nets that are destroying our #fisheries, and the lives of so many who depend on them" said Malawi's Fisheries Director. We are proud to support🇲🇼in driving this fight through the @sadcmcscc @fishforce16

"Our strength lies in our collaboration" said the #MCSCC Operational Task Force Chair as he concluded the 3rd OTF meeting in Maputo yesterday, which made next steps to continue operationalising the @sadcmcscc – together to #protectourfisheries #IUUfishing

Some insights from the Risk Assessment Working Group of SADC ATLANTIC that took place last week in Walvis Bay, Namibia @sadcmcscc #regionalcooperation #IUUfishing nbcnews.na/node/112890

We've just wrapped up the Risk Assessment Working Group of SADC ATLANTIC, with key recommendations to advance implementation of key functions of the @sadcmcscc, strenghtening regional cooperation to protect our #fisheries @StateDept

#SADCATLANTIC has met another of its key objectives: enhancing national capacity to conduct risk assessments of #fishing vessels. This week, we are discussing the next steps: taking the project's learnings to the whole SADC region through the @sadcmcscc

🎥📍 On 4–5 Sept, MCSCC trained inland fisheries officers from on Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe working in inland fisheries body-worn cameras (BWC) in Maputo, a step forward in tackling illegal fishing & boosting transparency in MCS operations. #MCSCC

In Maputo last week with the @sadcmcscc to train SADC #inlandfisheries officers from 🇲🇼,🇲🇿,🇹🇿,🇿🇲, and🇿🇼 in using body-worn cameras for monitoring, control and surveillance #MCS – tinyurl.com/3m768yjt

After one and a half year of training and mentoring of Luanda's #MCS officers under the project #SADCAtlantic, it is great to see how much Angola 🇦🇴 is now contributing to regional cooperation to fight #IUUfishing through the @sadcmcscc @SADC_News

"Madagascar has made #IUUfishing one of its biggest ennemies. We can only be successful if we work together" said H.E. Minister Paubert🇲🇬🐟 at UN Ocean 🌊 Conference, highlighting the importance of cooperation and partnerships to combat this threat @sadcmcscc @SADC_News #UNOC3

Last week, @SADC_News Ministers of Fisheries & Aquaculture made key decisions to continue advancing regional #MCS cooperation, including approving the Code for Establishing the Regional Register of Fishing Vessels (RRFV) – a key tool of the @sadcmcscc for #ProtectingOurFisheries

We are in Nice! Such a privilege to be part of the UN Ocean Conference this week and to meet so many like-minded people committed to supporting sustainable 🐟 #UNOC2025 #protectingourfisheries