Regulation & Enforcement

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The Philippine Navy tank landing ship BRP Sierra Madre at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, July 27, 2023. The ship was deliberately grounded on the shoal in 1999 and has since remained there as a forward outpost to support Manila's territorial claim in the area.
USCGC Olivia Hooker, the US Coast Guard's 61st Sentinel-class fast response cutter
China Fishery Administration 21099
Greenpeace activists harassing the fishing vessel Amaltal Atlantis on the Chatham Rise off New Zealand, June 27, 2025. The activists had painted the words “ocean killer” on the vessel's hull as part of their photo ops.
Oyster reef in the North Sea
NVG herring
Elspeth Macdonald, the Scottish Fishermen's Federation Chief Executive Officer
Fishing Vessel News Roundup | October 21 – New trawlers for Europe, Peruvian research vessel order and more
Spain's fisheries cooperation training vessel, Intermares
Fishing vessels
Norwegian mackerel
Snow crab
Some of the Indonesian nationals detained by the Australian Border Force for alleged illegal fishing off northern Australia between September 15 and October 7, 2025
Norwegian aquaculture
Blue Endeavour concept pilot farm and pen design
One of the two foreign vessels seized and destroyed for fishing illegally in Australian waters between August 8 and 9, 2025
Scottish fishing vessel Courageous Whalsay
Fishing boat (representative photo only)
A Norcod cod farm
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