The Maldives Push for Fair Satellite Access for Island Nations
The Maldives Space Research Organisation is taking a role to ensure that satellite technology serves the needs of small island developing states and ocean communities. When the Space4Ocean Alliance launched at the UN Oceans Conference in Nice in June 2024, it marked a turning point for how the space and ocean communities work together. Among…
ILO Toolkit Exposes Forced Labour at Sea
An innovative methodology developed by the International Labour Organization is providing countries with the first statistically robust data on forced labour and human trafficking in marine fishing. For decades, anecdotal cases and isolated reports have hinted at the reality of forced labour and human trafficking in the global fishing industry. But without reliable, comparable data,…
Brazil Steps Up Efforts to Address Illegal Fishing
Catarina Cardoso addressing the Blue Justice Community Gathering, in Copenhagen 2025.
Blue Justice 2024: A Year of Consolidation and Digital Innovation
Blue Justice marked 2024 with significant milestones in digital platform development and regional cooperation, while maintaining its focus on supporting developing countries in addressing transnational organized fisheries crime. With 61 countries now committed to the Copenhagen Declaration, representing jurisdictions responsible for fisheries crime prevention in more then 37% of the world’s exclusive economic zones, the…
Blue Justice Celebrates Five Years of Global Cooperation
Blue Justice marks five years of global cooperation to protect the Blue Economy through implementing the Copenhagen Declaration. The pinnacle of the event was the launch of Glistrup, a cutting-edge secure digital platform to monitor and share vessel tracking data. In June 2024, fisheries law enforcement practitioners, diplomats, and donors from around the world converged…