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dc.contributor.authorOkafor-Yarwood, Ifesinachi
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-12T08:30:01Z
dc.date.available2020-05-12T08:30:01Z
dc.date.issued2019-01
dc.identifier267797283
dc.identifier56f0f298-d3c5-46be-b682-7100a34ac909
dc.identifier85030687192
dc.identifier.citationOkafor-Yarwood , I 2019 , ' Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and the complexities of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) for countries in the Gulf of Guinea ' , Marine Policy , vol. 99 , pp. 414-422 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.09.016en
dc.identifier.issn0308-597X
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-4952-9979/work/75997126
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/19919
dc.description.abstractThe significance of the ocean and the resources that lie beneath it is well represented in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically, Goal 14 of the SDGs highlights the need to conserve the ocean, seas and marine resources and, as such, is a significant contributor to the achievement of other SDGs. Goals 1 and 2 are aimed at bringing an end to poverty and hunger of which a plentiful supply of fish is an important means to their realisation. Fisheries also make a substantial contribution to the revenue of many developing countries, thereby assisting the attainment of Goal 8 which seeks to ensure sustainable economic growth. However, the pervasiveness of unsustainable practices that are harmful to the marine environment, such as pollution, overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, threatens the ability of developing countries especially those in the Gulf of Guinea to maximise the use of their ocean resources. The paper focuses on the Gulf of Guinea due to the significance of fisheries resources to littoral communities and the severity of IUU fishing across the region. The paper also emphasises the threat to the fulfilment of some SDGs by 2030. It does so by arguing that unabated IUU fishing is due to respective government's lack of awareness of their maritime domain, reflected in the dearth of human resource and inadequate financial investment to solve the problems of maritime security, and the lack of cooperation between countries in the region thus rendering existing surveillance operations ineffective.
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dc.format.extent484455
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMarine Policyen
dc.subjectG Geography (General)en
dc.subjectAquatic Scienceen
dc.subjectEnvironmental Science(all)en
dc.subjectEconomics and Econometricsen
dc.subjectManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Lawen
dc.subjectLawen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subjectBDCen
dc.subjectR2Cen
dc.subjectSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growthen
dc.subjectSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren
dc.subject.lccG1en
dc.titleIllegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and the complexities of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) for countries in the Gulf of Guineaen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpol.2017.09.016
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-04-09


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