Video and multimedia resources on a fair blue economy and the fight against fisheries crime
Educational Videos
Whole Fish
What is Fisheries Crime?
Large Ocean Nations
Support
The Norwegian Blue Justice Initiative
Blue Justice Conference 2020
An international digital conference from 10-11 December 2020 to fostering cooperation towards a Fair Blue Economy Free from Fisheries Crime
Full Conference Recording
Blue Justice Community
Statements
Statements by high level speakers at the conference
Erna Solberg
Prime Minister,
Norway
Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Nicaragua
Casten N. Nemra
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Republic of Marshall Islands
Martha Delgado Peralta
Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs,
Mexico
Paula Lehtomäki
Secretary General,
Nordic Council of Ministers
Jacob Vestergaard
Minister of Fisheries
Faroe Islands
Dag-Inge Ulstein
Minister of International Development,
Norway
Barbara Creecy
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs
South Africa
Douglas Devananda
Minister of Fisheries,
Sri Lanka
Jens Immanuelsen
Minister of Fisheries,
Greenland
Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen
Minister of Fisheries and Seafood
Norway
Semi Koroilavesau
Minister of Fisheries,
Fiji
Emma Metieh Glassco
Director General, National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority
Liberia
Iván Ontaneda Berrú
Minister of Production, Foreign Trade and Fisheries,
Republic of Ecuador
Mairi Gougeon
Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment,
Scotland
Carlos Maria Uriarte
Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Uruguay
Alicia Gallardo
National Director of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service,
Chile
Flor de María Torrijos Oro
General Administrator, Panama Aquatic Resources Authority,
Panama
Ezekiel Joseph
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Natural Resources and Co-operatives, St Lucia and Chairman of the Ministerial Council of the CRFM
Ghada Waly
Executive Director,
UNODC
Dr. Rajeev Ranjan
Secretary, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, India
Camilla Brückner
Director, Nordic Representation Office,
UNDP
Panel discussion in Oslo
Webinars
Following the High Level conference event, expert webinars highlighted different current topics related to addressing fisheries crime, targeting government representatives, academia and civil society
Webinar 1 - What are key governance and associated gender challenges to tackling organized crime in the fisheries sector?
UNDP’s Blue Resilience project shares key research findings on how governance and gender issues can act as bottlenecks to tackling fisheries crime. A particular focus is on institutional cooperation, different cooperation models that the research has identified and their success factors.
Webinar 2- Challenges and opportunities associated with addressing economic crime in the fisheries sector with reference to the NA-FIG model
NA-FIG as a tool for a more holistic approach to address fisheries crime, with reference to the Canadian example, and Covid-19 impact on the fisheries sector in the North Atlantic.
Webinar 3 - Tackling Fisheries Crime: UNODC Field Stories
The webinar will focus on the UNODC approach to fisheries crime and examples of technical assistance to support Member States to tackle fisheries crime.
Blue Resilience Project
The Blue Resilience Project was launched by UNDP on 6 September 2020
Blue Resilience
Full Launch video
Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen
Norwegian Minister of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
Semi Koroilavesau
Fijian Minister of Fisheries
HE Todung Mulya Lubis
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Norway
Camilla Brückner
Director, UNDP Nordic Representation Office
Achim Steiner
Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Dag-Inge Ulstein
Norwegian Minister of International Development