Stop Illegal Fishing is an African based, independent, not for profit group working to end the devastating impacts of illegal fishing.

Gaborone, Botswana
Joined November 2011
Preventing illegally-caught fish from entering national markets needs a collaborative effort. In Luanda, port & maritime authorities and fisheries officers are strengthening their cooperation, closing the gap for #IUU fishing in Angola @sadcmcscc #SADCAtlanticStates @SADC_News – at Angola
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‘Renewed global attention to #fishingcapacity management is essential to ensure fleets are aligned with the productive potential of fisheries resources & long-term sustainability’: fishing capacity high on the agenda at the COFI:FM 2nd session next week 🇮🇸tinyurl.com/3pkpf3pe – at Iceland
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"African ports, including those in Southern and West Africa, are becoming less accessible to illegal catch to protect food security, livelihoods and the ocean economy" said @sadcmcscc Chair to @ObserverNamibia: shorturl.at/LB3Dq @SADC_News #ProtectingOurFisheries – at Botswana
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Fishing vessels move across EEZs. Inter-regional exchange of information on their activities can be very effective to prevent #IUU caught fish from entering our ports. This week @sadcmcscc is in 🇬🇭 to strengthen cooperation with other like-minded organisations @FCWC_CPCO #CSRP – at Ghana
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Fishing vessel inspection: an area where 🇿🇦 #fisheries #MCS officers excell, and valuable expertise to share within the #SADC through the @sadcmcscc – raising the bar of regional MCS capacity. "We @Environmentza are showing the world that Cape Town is not a port of convenience" – at Cape Town, South Africa
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This week in Cape Town🇿🇦, South Africa kicked off the new Project of the @sadcmcscc 'SADC ATLANTIC States', making the next step towards harmonisation of #MCS practices for risk assessment, inspection & port State measures to end #IUUfishing in the #SADC region @environmentza – at Cape Town, South Africa
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Celebrating #WorldFisheriesDay in 🇧🇼with @SADC_News, emphasising the importance of sustainable use of aquatic resources for the region & its people. "Blue economy is also for landlocked countries" said FANR Director Domingos Gove, recalling SADC's vision for "blue transformation" – at Botswana
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Thank you Angola🇦🇴 for inviting our coordinator @bergh_per to talk about the potential and successes of the @sadcmcscc to combat #IUUfishing at the #CIPAS International Conference on sustainable #fisheries – and for taking the lead on regional cooperation to #ProtectOurFisheries – at Angola
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"Through #SADC, we must act as a region to stop the presence of monofilament nets that are destroying our #fisheries, and the lives of so many who depend on them" said Malawi's Fisheries Director. We are proud to support🇲🇼in driving this fight through the @sadcmcscc @fishforce16 – at Malawi
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"Our strength lies in our collaboration" said the #MCSCC Operational Task Force Chair as he concluded the 3rd OTF meeting in Maputo yesterday, which made next steps to continue operationalising the @sadcmcscc – together to #protectourfisheries #IUUfishing – at Republic of Mozambique
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We've just wrapped up the Risk Assessment Working Group of SADC ATLANTIC, with key recommendations to advance implementation of key functions of the @sadcmcscc, strenghtening regional cooperation to protect our #fisheries @StateDept – at Namibia
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#SADCATLANTIC has met another of its key objectives: enhancing national capacity to conduct risk assessments of #fishing vessels. This week, we are discussing the next steps: taking the project's learnings to the whole SADC region through the @sadcmcscc – at Namibia
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🎥📍 On 4–5 Sept, MCSCC trained inland fisheries officers from on Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe working in inland fisheries body-worn cameras (BWC) in Maputo, a step forward in tackling illegal fishing & boosting transparency in MCS operations. #MCSCC
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In Maputo last week with the @sadcmcscc to train SADC #inlandfisheries officers from 🇲🇼,🇲🇿,🇹🇿,🇿🇲, and🇿🇼 in using body-worn cameras for monitoring, control and surveillance #MCS – tinyurl.com/3m768yjt – at Republic of Mozambique
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After one and a half year of training and mentoring of Luanda's #MCS officers under the project #SADCAtlantic, it is great to see how much Angola 🇦🇴 is now contributing to regional cooperation to fight #IUUfishing through the @sadcmcscc @SADC_News – at Angola
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"Madagascar has made #IUUfishing one of its biggest ennemies. We can only be successful if we work together" said H.E. Minister Paubert🇲🇬🐟 at UN Ocean 🌊 Conference, highlighting the importance of cooperation and partnerships to combat this threat @sadcmcscc @SADC_News #UNOC3 – at Nice, France
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Last week, @SADC_News Ministers of Fisheries & Aquaculture made key decisions to continue advancing regional #MCS cooperation, including approving the Code for Establishing the Regional Register of Fishing Vessels (RRFV) – a key tool of the @sadcmcscc for #ProtectingOurFisheries
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We are in Nice! Such a privilege to be part of the UN Ocean Conference this week and to meet so many like-minded people committed to supporting sustainable 🐟 #UNOC2025 #protectingourfisheries – at Nice, France
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Happy to have been back in 🇬🇭 with Tema's #MCS officers – who are taking ownership of the Standard Operating Procedures (#SOPs) on conducting risk assessments on #fishing vessels coming to their port, developed over the past years through #WATF. True #MCS champions in @FCWC_CPCO! – at Ghana
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