Indian Ocean Commission Recommends New Priorities for Advancing Regional Fisheries Surveillance

In July Secure Fisheries attended the Indian Ocean Commission's Regional Fisheries Surveillance Plan meeting, where Robert Mazurek gave a presentation on Secure Fisheries' current efforts combatting IUU fishing in the Western Indian Ocean.

In July Secure Fisheries attended the Indian Ocean Commission’s Regional Fisheries Surveillance Plan meeting.  About 150 delegates attended, representing Somalia, Comoros, France/Reunion, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, and Tanzania. Senior Program Manager Robert Mazurek gave a presentation on Secure Fisheries’ current efforts in combatting IUU fishing in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO).  The last day featured a ministerial declaration based on recommendations from the meeting, focused on five themes to combat IUU fishing in the Western Indian Ocean:

  • Legal, policy, and institutional framework
  • Strengthening technical and human capacity at national and regional levels
  • Strategic Intelligence and information exchange
  • Regional and international cooperation
  • Sustainable funding

Secure Fisheries will work with the Indian Ocean Commission to help execute these new mandates.