S1E51: Fishy business on the high seas: Green Pulse Ep 51

Green Pulse Ep 51: Fishy business on the high seas 


17:05 mins


Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits
Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from
biodiversity conservation to climate change.


Across the globe, millions of people rely on fishing for jobs and
income, with many fishermen finding it increasingly tough to earn
a living due to shrinking catches. They have to compete not only
with the impact of climate change and industrial fishing fleets
but also illegal fishing operations often controlled by powerful
figures far away.


This multi-billion dollar illegal industry is also linked to
human slavery, tax evasion and drugs and arms smuggling. But
recently, efforts by Interpol and governments are catching up
with the illegal fishing kingpins.


In this episode, ST environment correspondent Audrey Tan and
climate change editor David Fogarty speak with Mr Peter Horn,
project director for Ending Illegal Fishing at Pew Trusts, which
works closely with Interpol to clamp down on illegal, unreported
and unregulated fishing. 


They discuss the following points:
How the illegal fishing trade works (3:41) Other crimes
associated with illegal fishing (6:05) How can consumers make the
sustainable choice? (8:57) Working with Interpol to stop illegal
fishing (10:17) Can the illegal fishing trade be stopped? (14:55)

Listen to Ep 49 - Can aquaculture solve the seafood
“seaspiracy”?:
https://omny.fm/shows/green-pulse-1/can-aquaculture-solve-the-seafood-seaspiracy-green


Read Monterey Bay Aquarium's seafood watch
website: https://www.seafoodwatch.org/


Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg), David Fogarty
(dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis and Adam Azlee


Edited by: Adam Azlee


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