The International MCS Network
Third Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop
February 28th - March 4th 2011
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Join the only forum designed exclusively for operational MCS personnel at the Third Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop (GFETW) in Maputo, Mozambique 6 -10 September, 2010.
The long term damage to fish stocks and marine ecosystems caused by illegal fishing is felt the world over. The 3rd GFETW will address the needs and concerns of both developing and developed countries and will help to focus attention on cost effective solutions to tackling IUU fishing. Whilst suffering the greatest losses from IUU fishing developing countries are often least equipped to prevent it. IUU fishing causes loss of income, jobs, food security, ecosystem productivity, biodiversity, and damage to marine environments. Inevitably those hardest hit by IUU fishing are some of the world's poorest people, people that rely on fishing for their daily survival. The 3rd GFETW will have a special focus on the needs and challenges facing developing countries when dealing with IUU fishing.
Common problems exist in fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) regardless of region or fishery. These problems occur in national zones and on the high seas, involving domestic fleets and foreign flag vessels. As countries face the challenges of fisheries enforcement, both at sea and on land, making the best use of available tools and working with colleagues across the globe are essential.
However, MCS is costly for individual countries to implement and maintain and national boundaries have no meaning for fish stocks. The benefits of international and regional cooperation in MCS have therefore become increasingly apparent over the last decade as illegal fishing operations have become ever more sophisticated. In today's global marketplace ensuring fisheries products are legally and sustainably harvested, and processed through the supply chain, are problems facing all nations. The GFETW offers a cooperative international setting, unencumbered by national agendas, to examine specific methodologies to tackle IUU fishing, ranging from policy and legislation, to actual surveillance methods and operational details.
Increased political awareness and commitment against IUU fishing is leading to an increasing level of success in stopping fishers and traders that are breaking the law. The message that the world is giving is clear:
Illegal fishing will not be
tolerated nationally,
regionally, or globally.
The five day program will be hosted by the Government of Mozambique in cooperation with the International MCS Network, NEPAD's Partnership for Africa Fishing with assistance by the Stop Illegal Fishing Program and the FAO and follows on the success of the Second Global Workshop held in Trondheim, Norway in August of 2008.
The conference language is English, but will be simultaneously translated in to Portuguese, French and Spanish.
This conference could no go forward without the generous contributions of several organizations:
The New Partnership for Africa's Development
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