EEZ

Oceana Finds China’s Fishing Fleet Swarms Galápagos, then Disappears from Sight

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Friday, December 22, 2023
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The country’s fishing fleet was identified by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activity and human rights abuses in its 2023 biennial report to U.S. Congress .

Key Points: 
  • The country’s fishing fleet was identified by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activity and human rights abuses in its 2023 biennial report to U.S. Congress .
  • Oceana analyzed the activity of Chinese-flagged fishing vessels in the EEZ around the Galápagos Islands using Automatic Identification System (AIS) data from Global Fishing Watch (GFW),** an independent nonprofit founded by Oceana in partnership with SkyTruth and Google.
  • Most (94%) of the Chinese fishing vessels were squid jiggers, which accounted for an apparent 134,000 hours of fishing.
  • For these reasons, GFW qualifies all designations of vessel fishing effort, including synonyms of the term "fishing effort," such as "fishing" or "fishing activity," as "apparent," rather than certain.

COP28 - The Bermuda Difference White Paper: "Bringing expertise, resource, and finance to the world´s biggest challenge"

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Thursday, November 30, 2023
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Government of Bermuda is pleased to be represented at the COP28 summit in Dubai, scheduled for November 30 - December 12, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Government of Bermuda is pleased to be represented at the COP28 summit in Dubai, scheduled for November 30 - December 12, 2023.
  • Bermuda is also the lead trustee of the dozen or so countries looking after the Sagasso sea, a crucial asset for conservation and spawning.
  • With the installation 15MW of solar capacity in the last three years, more than many much larger Paris signatory nations have managed.
  • We welcome COP28 as a further opportunity to share and to build on our unique and vital contribution to the planet in this area.

COP28 - The Bermuda Difference White Paper: "Bringing expertise, resource, and finance to the world´s biggest challenge"

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Thursday, November 30, 2023
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Government of Bermuda is pleased to be represented at the COP28 summit in Dubai, scheduled for November 30 - December 12, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Government of Bermuda is pleased to be represented at the COP28 summit in Dubai, scheduled for November 30 - December 12, 2023.
  • Bermuda is also the lead trustee of the dozen or so countries looking after the Sagasso sea, a crucial asset for conservation and spawning.
  • With the installation 15MW of solar capacity in the last three years, more than many much larger Paris signatory nations have managed.
  • We welcome COP28 as a further opportunity to share and to build on our unique and vital contribution to the planet in this area.

Global Ocean Exploration Nonprofit OceanX Embarks on Second Mission to Research the Azores' Uncharted Seafloor

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Monday, September 11, 2023
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NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This August, ocean exploration nonprofit OceanX returned to the Azores to research the seafloor's topography and ecosystem. This marked OceanX's second mission in the region in collaboration with the Okeanos Marine Research Institute at the University of the Azores. The mission ran from August 24 to September 8, 2023, and focused on data collection of the Azores' deep-sea ecosystems and wildlife.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This August, ocean exploration nonprofit OceanX returned to the Azores to research the seafloor's topography and ecosystem.
  • This marked OceanX's second mission in the region in collaboration with the Okeanos Marine Research Institute at the University of the Azores.
  • The mission ran from August 24 to September 8, 2023, and focused on data collection of the Azores' deep-sea ecosystems and wildlife.
  • OceanX's mission in the Azores leveraged the cutting-edge scientific research, media production, and exploration vessel, OceanXplorer, to survey unexplored seamounts and ridges.

Lynk and Vodafone Cook Islands to Begin Sat2Phone Service for Subscribers

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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Lynk Global, Inc. (Lynk), the world's leading sat2phone telecoms provider, and Vodafone Cook Islands, today announced the start of an initial satellite direct-to-mobile phone service to Vodafone Cook Island subscribers using Lynk's "cell-towers-in-space."

Key Points: 
  • Lynk Global, Inc. (Lynk), the world's leading sat2phone telecoms provider, and Vodafone Cook Islands, today announced the start of an initial satellite direct-to-mobile phone service to Vodafone Cook Island subscribers using Lynk's "cell-towers-in-space."
  • Vodafone Cook Islands is the second mobile network operator (MNO) in the world to launch Lynk's sat2phone technology as a subscriber service.
  • Vodafone is the leading telecommunications services provider in the Cook Islands, offering mobile, broadband, fixed line, and a range of other telecommunications technology-based services and solutions across all inhabited islands.
  • "Lynk has been entrusted to deliver initial service for Vodafone Cook Islands, which spans 15 islands and 1,960,027+ square kilometres of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) that comprise the Cook Islands," says Dan Dooley, Lynk's chief commercial officer.

Why ASEAN nations need to jointly fund their fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

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Friday, August 4, 2023
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The use of illegal fishing tools and bombs for unlicensed fishery activities haunt local fishermen, who have to deal with its economic, social and environmental repercussions.

Key Points: 
  • The use of illegal fishing tools and bombs for unlicensed fishery activities haunt local fishermen, who have to deal with its economic, social and environmental repercussions.
  • However, despite agreements and discussions in the past, the fight against IUU fishing remains largely ineffective due to various challenges.

Staggering economic and other costs

    • The total economic loss is estimated to reach a staggering US$6 billion in 2019.
    • Meanwhile, the economic exclusive zones (EEZ) – a territorial sea where local fishermen can sail and catch fish – of each member country also vary significantly.
    • Beyond the economic implications, IUU fishing causes severe social impacts from illegal recruitment and employment of Southeast Asian workers, leading to various types of abuses.
    • Without knowing precisely the impacts of IUU fishing, both in economic costs and non-economic repercussions, it is hard to reach practical solutions because there is no shared indicator used to measure the total cost.

Competing national interests

    • Each member country has its own national interests, making it challenging to focus on regional interest ahead of the national ones.
    • However, regional agreements can lack teeth, especially when they collide with the national interests of each member country.
    • As a result, each ASEAN member only carries out and prioritises its national interest.

How ASEAN nations could pay for an IUU fighting fund

    • The presence of a joint regional fund can potentially bridge overlapping national interests among ASEAN countries.
    • A suitable model for joint funds can be inspired by the COVID-19 ASEAN Response fund, which provides financial resources to create regional actionable programs among ASEAN members.
    • For instance, ASEAN can design the joint fund annually like a state budget to accommodate necessary programs.

Cutting-edge new aircraft have increased NZ’s surveillance capacity – but are they enough in a changing world?

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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A cutting-edge maritime surveillance aircraft, the P-8A is also operated by Australia, India, Norway, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Key Points: 
  • A cutting-edge maritime surveillance aircraft, the P-8A is also operated by Australia, India, Norway, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States.
  • As well as search and rescue, the aircraft will conduct maritime surveillance and intelligence gathering, and are capable of anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare.
  • Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Clark describes the plane as “the modern standard in technology” for maritime surveillance.

Defence and military priorities

    • Its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) covers 4.4 million square km of ocean, a staggering 15 times larger than the land mass.
    • Intelligence, border security and resources agencies monitor commercial shipping and recreational boating in the EEZs of New Zealand, Niue and Raratonga.
    • P-8As will be able to conduct searches and drop life rafts and survival equipment – but they were ordered to meet future defence and security challenges.
    • The 2018 Strategic Defence Policy Statement warned of military, cybersecurity, transnational crime and terrorism threats.

Best use of resources

    • We are already witnessing increasing need for maritime surveillance with rising geopolitical tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, as foreign investment in submarines and warships increases.
    • Australian P-8As are currently monitoring two Chinese “spy ships” loitering near naval exercises off Australia.
    • Several states are stepping up activities on a warming continent that is strategically situated and potentially rich in mineral resources.
    • Four is a bare minimum, given how servicing or overseas deployment could leave only two locally based functioning aircraft.

Time for a maritime patrol review

    • Its Border Force agency contracts a commercial organisation, Surveillance Australia, to patrol the Australian EEZ for illegal fishing, immigration and quarantine breaches, and human, drug and arms trafficking.
    • Border Force’s Future Maritime Surveillance Capability Project seeks to update Australian maritime surveillance to be cost-effective, while also meeting the challenges of an evolving and complex national security environment.
    • New Zealand could also benefit from a fresh review to consider whether the modest fleet of P-8As should continue to be viewed as a multi-agency asset.
    • This would ensure best-practice military employment of the P-8A in response to national, regional and international defence challenges.

Bermuda Encouraged to Pursue Blue Bond Leadership

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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Suzanne Johnson, Senior Advisor, United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Ocean Stewardship Coalition, gave several compelling reasons why Bermuda should issue a blue bond.

Key Points: 
  • Suzanne Johnson, Senior Advisor, United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Ocean Stewardship Coalition, gave several compelling reasons why Bermuda should issue a blue bond.
  • “This is shown in its Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme (BOPP) which lays out a foundational strategy for the ocean economy.
  • The BOPP identifies blue bonds as a way to source new investment in Bermuda’s blue economy.
  • It is intended that the creation of a blue bond will be part of our Blue Economy Strategy.

Global C4ISR Market Research Report 2023: Increasing Usage of Unmanned Systems Provides Opportunities as Technology Improves and Costs Decrease

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
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Rising military expenditure on automobiles, increasing global territorial conflicts, and growing terrorism are driving the growth of the global C4ISR market in the forecast years.

Key Points: 
  • Rising military expenditure on automobiles, increasing global territorial conflicts, and growing terrorism are driving the growth of the global C4ISR market in the forecast years.
  • The growing use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other unmanned systems in military and defense operations has also driven the demand for C4ISR systems.
  • Cybersecurity has become more of a priority as a result of the rising usage of digital technology in C4ISR systems.
  • Unmanned systems, such as drones and unmanned ground vehicles, are increasingly integrated into C4ISR systems.

Odyssey Marine Exploration Announces Partnership with Ocean Minerals LLC for a New Cook Islands Exploration Project

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Monday, June 5, 2023
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Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMEX), a global subsea mineral exploration, validation, and development company, announced today an important next step in becoming the world’s leading marine mineral development company.

Key Points: 
  • Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMEX), a global subsea mineral exploration, validation, and development company, announced today an important next step in becoming the world’s leading marine mineral development company.
  • The purchase agreement allows Odyssey to acquire a total of up to 40% of OML over the next 18 months at Odyssey’s discretion.
  • Moana Minerals Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of OML, holds a five-year exploration license from the Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) granted in 2022 to explore polymetallic nodules within the Cook Islands’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
  • To learn more about Odyssey’s involvement in polymetallic nodule exploration in the Cook Islands, please see https://www.odysseymarine.com/cookislands .