How To Investigate IUU Fishing

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Let’s start with a number: USD $23 billion. That is the estimated annual loss worldwide caused by illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing—accounting for 20% of the global seafood catch.

The problem does not only have a financial impact. Marine ecosystems, coastal communities, fishermen’s livelihoods, and human rights are on the line. And IUU fishing is hard to combat because jurisdiction in the ocean is a complex issue.

Join the Pulitzer Center on Tuesday, June 11, at 4:00pm GMT for a webinar with Global Fishing Watch (GFW) and The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) to equip journalists with resources, reporting methodologies, and relevant technology to cover IUU fishing.

Panelists:

• Philip Jacobson (ORN Fellow 2023/Mongabay)
• Sarah Bladen (Global Fishing Watch)
• Adel Heenan (Global Fishing Watch)
• Steve Trent (Environmental Justice Foundation)

What journalists will learn:

• Case study from an ORN Fellow
• How to use Global Fishing Watch (GFW) as a resource to investigate and monitor IUU fishing
• How to use Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) to generate reporting leads about IUU fishing 
• A breakdown of the upcoming Pulitzer Center toolkit, "How To Investigate IUU Fishing"

Register here for the webinar.