Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and the complexities of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) for countries in the Gulf of Guinea
Date of Publication
1-1-2017 12:00 AM
Publication Date
October 9, 2017
Security Theme
IUU Fishing
Keywords
IUU Fishing, srhreports, iuufishing, Gulf of Guinea, overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, maritime domain, inadequate financial investment, maritime security, fisheries management systems, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Description
The paper focuses on the Gulf of Guinea due to the significance of fisheries to littoral communities and the severity of IUU fishing across the region. The paper also emphasizes the threat to the fulfilment of some SDGs by 2030. It does so by arguing that unabated IUU fishing is due to respective government’s lack of awareness of their maritime domain, reflected in the dearth of human resource and inadequate financial investment to solve the problems of maritime security, and the lack of cooperation between countries in the region thus rendering existing surveillance operations ineffective.
Report Location
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and the complexities of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) for countries in the Gulf of Guinea
The paper focuses on the Gulf of Guinea due to the significance of fisheries to littoral communities and the severity of IUU fishing across the region. The paper also emphasizes the threat to the fulfilment of some SDGs by 2030. It does so by arguing that unabated IUU fishing is due to respective government’s lack of awareness of their maritime domain, reflected in the dearth of human resource and inadequate financial investment to solve the problems of maritime security, and the lack of cooperation between countries in the region thus rendering existing surveillance operations ineffective.
