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THE 2015 STOP IUU FISHING AWARD CONTEST

Entries are now being invited for the 2nd Stop IUU Fishing Award contest.

The contest will recognise fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) innovations and ingenuity being used by both small and large-scale fisheries, which demonstrates creativity, success, and tangible resolutions. These can be technology based or based on traditional knowledge. Entries’ from developing countries are particularly encouraged. ‚ Winners will be announced at the 5th Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop (GFETW) at Auckland, New Zealand March 7-11 2016.

See www.imcsnet.org/2ndstopiuufishingaward for entry form and other details.

Last year’s winner was the SPORT‚© tracker, a device created by Timor-Leste’s Community-Based IUU Reporting System. The SPORT‚© tracker is a personal GPS locator beacon available in the consumer electronics market that automatically transmit positions every 15 minutes via satellite. This device is used to report illegal fishing activities seen in fishing areas, it has two buttons, one repurposed to report illegal fishing and the other pressed in an emergency to emit a distress signal.

Second place was jointly awarded to the Environmental Justice Foundation and Sierra Leone’s Joint Maritime Commission, and third place was awarded to Stop Illegal Fishing.