Sentence examples for illegal catch from inspiring English sources

But he conceded that the illegal catch had grown markedly.

Its last illegal catch of the fish, valued at $275,000 and destined for American restaurants, was confiscated by officials in Boston.

The most immediate was to halt a sharp decline in fisheries, because of overfishing and illegal catch, that is threatening food security.

In 1997, according to UN estimates, the illegal catch of Patagonian toothfish was around 100,000 tonnes with a value of more than £300m.

While the use of artificial intelligence to reduce illegal catch is relatively new, the Kaggle contest isn't the first time it is being applied to the fishing industry.

But environmental groups say the annual catch by the licensed fishery, about 16,000 tons, is still swamped by the illegal catch, which government officials and independent groups have estimated to be at least double that amount.

The Guardian has seen observer reports detailing illegal catches of hundreds of tonnes of cod, American plaice and Greenland halibut.

Angolan fisheries officers rarely report the illegal catches of boats owned by politicians.At the same time African states are failing to invest in much-needed marine research.

Fish caught in great nets, on the other hand, are often brought up dead, so that throwing back any illegal catches does little good.

"On top of the illegal catches, there is also the huge problem of destructive, wasteful and unsustainable fishing that is legal.

Exploitation of fish from the marine reserve is increasingly intense and there is plenty of antagonism between fishermen and conservationists; the fishing fleet doubled during the study and illegal catches are common.