Editorial: Illegal Fishing as a Trans-National Crime

Ocean‐scale footprint of a highly mobile fishing fleet: Social‐ecological drivers of fleet behaviour and evidence of illegal fishing

“…For example, profit maximisation and compliance theories, which both imply that fishers will make decisions, either individually or collectively, that achieve the greatest difference between revenue and costs (Branch et al, 2006;Hilborn & Kennedy, 1992;Robinson & Pascoe, 1997;Sumaila et al, 2006). However, research now increasingly recognises the importance of other social factors such as social networks or traditions and expertise of fishers (Belhabib & Le Billon, 2020;Béné & Tewfik, 2001;Klain & Chan, 2012;van Putten et al, 2012). Accordingly, fisheries and conservation research increasingly advocates for better integration of broader social factors (Fulton et al, 2011;Solomon et al, 2020).…”

The Decline and Impending Collapse of the Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Population in the North Atlantic Ocean: A Review of Possible Causes

“…Essentially a IUU fishery has probably replaced the legal, high-sea fishery that existed before 1985 and was causing rapid decline of stocks across the North Atlantic which many researchers thought would collapse the North Atlantic population (Paloheimo and Elson 1974b;Scarnecchia et al 1991;Hindar et al 2007). Because there is apparently no recent knowledge of IUU fishing for Atlantic salmon means little; it probably just means, like other illegal activities, that it is being successfully hidden (Yablokova 1994;Telesetsky 2015;Belhabib and Le Billon 2020;Yorwood et al 2020).…”

Poaching of marine living resources: Can the tide be turned?

“…These attitudes are fuelled by feelings of entitlement over the resource, protest against existing rules and resistance against a fisheries management system that resulted in poverty and exclusion. 78 Threats to MLRs can also come from within government. Corruption has plagued DEFF for years.…”