Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing is an issue global in scale, requring regional and international cooperation to address it.

On June 5th, the United Nations recognizes the first International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing. IUU fishing is one of the biggest problems you might not know about.

Sexual exploitation and abuse flourish in situations of protracted conflict and post-conflict settings, even by those tasked to protect. UN Peacekeeping operations have come under fire of repeated reports of sexual misconduct- yet the UN has done little to hold them accountable. Our final post in th...

Secure Fisheries’ Senior Program manager Robert Mazurek chaired the first two meetings in a series of eleven Caught Red-Handed (CRH) workshops last month at the Navy Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka and the Coast Guard Training Center in Male, Maldives. Co-sponsored by the United Nations Office of...

Defying traditional expectations, women are increasingly present at sea. Their full participation in the economy, political decision-making, and society is key to addressing maritime challenges, but gender equity in the maritime space is pervasively overlooked.

Her research project conducted focus-group interviews with a number of female and male ex-combatants from different armed groups in March and April 2017.

Participants focused on creating solutions for implementing whole-of-government information-sharing approaches to combat illegal fishing, terrorism, and transnational organized crime and piracy. 

Tuna play an important role in oceanic ecosystems. Unfortunately, our appetite for tuna means their populations are at risk from overfishing.

In November 2017, the bodies of 26 Nigerian women were found adrift off the coast of Italy. They were thought to be part of a contingent of trafficked women destined to work in Italy’s notorious sex trade industry.

Created for the event, “Women, Peace, and Maritime Security: Equal Opportunities in Maritime Security,” hosted by One Earth Future, the IMO, and UNODC, this report highlights women’s contributions to the maritime space and encourages diverse perspectives in decision-making to promote maritime securi...

As a partner of the Caught Red-Handed maritime capacity building project, Secure Fisheries will host a series of workshops during 2018 to develop a harmonized guide for the collection of maritime data by all coastal and island nations in the Western Indian Ocean.

Stakeholders in the Western Indian Ocean are joining together to share intelligence in the fight against illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing.

Human trafficking and forced labor aboard fishing vessels are gaining international attention as investigative journalists and scientists are shining a light on human slavery in the seafood industry.

The program is intended for female and youth entrepreneurs who lack sufficient collateral or possess other non-financial credit challenges by increasing their access to finance.

In an exemplary gesture of reconciliation peasants from 6 rural zones of the municipality of Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, unanimously voted to develop economic projects in collaboration with ex-combatants.