An empirical assessment of seaports as facilitators of FOC-flagged transshipment landings

• Published in: Crime science Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 10 - 16
• Main Authors: Petrossian, Gohar A., Pires, Stephen F., Spencer, M. Dylan, Cohen, Noah D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2024; Springer Nature B.V; BMC
• Subjects: Commercial fishing; Community and Environmental Psychology; Crime; Criminology; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Fish; Fisheries management; Fishing; Fishing vessels; Flags of convenience; IUU fishing; Law and Criminolgy; Port risk; Ports; Risky facilities; Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Systems and Data Security; Transshipment; New York; United States > US; China; Risky facilities; Port risk; Flags of convenience; Transshipment; IUU fishing

Transshipment is one of the most common activities occurring between carriers and fishing vessels to exchange fish, as well as fuel, crew, and gear at sea or at port. While transshipment reduces the need for the fishing vessels to visit ports to offload their catches, thus increasing their efficienc...