IMEL Co-Hosts Fisheries Crime Symposium

IMEL, together with MA-RE (Marine Research Institute) and INTERPOL's Project Scale, held a Fisheries Crime Symposium at the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, on 9 July 2013. The Symposium sought to draw together international, regional and domestic experts in order to discuss the challenges and opportunities for improving fisheries compliance and enforcement. Those presenting papers at the Symposium included representatives from IMEL (UCT), NMMU, INTERPOL and various environmental law consultants and fisheries consultants.

You can download a copy of the Programme here.

Copies of the following presentations are available:

• Professor Jan Glazewski - Introduction to the Symposium
• Professor Jan Glazewski - USA v Bengis: Lessons for South Africa
• Ms Henny Bech - The Postgraduate Study on Fishery Crime: Interagency Cooperation to Detect, Investigate and Prosecute Fisheries Crime
• Assoc Prof Moeniba Isaacs - Small Scale Fishers: Perspectives on Enforcement and Implementation
• Mr Shaheen Moola - Opportunities and Constraints in Enforcing Fisheries Laws: National, Provincial and Local Government Perspectives
• Prof Patrick Vrancken - AU 2050: Africa’s Integrated Maritime Strategy
• Dr Emma Witbooi - IUU Fishing: Profits, Plunder, Port State Jurisdiction and Flags of Convenience