FISHING ON THE HIGH SEAS Proposal of Fishing Ban in the High Seas Scientists have proposed a novel idea to prevent the collapse of fish stocks due to overfishing: ban fishing in international waters and turn the open ocean into a worldwide reserve. The proposal...
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG) Update 2015 By the end of this year, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will publish the next revision to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG). This revision, to be known as Amendment...
The Food Information to Consumer Regulation (FIC) It came into force on December 13, 2011 with a three year transition period, so becomes effective from December 13, 2014. The new regulation brings EU rules on general and nutrition labelling together into a single...
International Instruments in Fisheries Governance Exploitation of the global marine commons has led to the depletion of many major fish stocks and to a growing recognition of the need to take global collective action to limit exploitation of the oceans. Developments...
