This week, the United Kingdom published a five-year global maritime strategy focusing on improving their naval navigation freedom within the Indo-Pacific.
Among the important components, the new strategy aims to officially recognize—and address—environmental threats like illegal fishing as imperative maritime security concerns.
It is estimated that IUU fishing activities are responsible for the loss of [between 11 and 26 million tons] of fish each year, with a global value of between $10 [and] $23 billion a year.
It is imperative that measures are strengthened to tackle IUU fishing in order to support the British global maritime security.
Leaders among five government departments, including defense, authored the document which specifically points to Russian aggression towards Ukraine (in the foreword) and characterizes the timeliness of the publication.
In addition, they write that separating from the European Union has provided Great Britain with an improved ability to develop necessary policies and strategies which better represent both the values and priorities that are most important to Brits.
Our new maritime security paves the way for both government and industry to provide the support needed to tackle new and emerging threats and further cement the UK’s position as a world leader in maritime security.
Among the priorities listed in the strategy document, the government aims to deploy two Offshore Patrol Vessels to increase their maritime presence in the Indo-Pacific.
The UK also wants to establish something they are calling a UK Centre for Seabed Mapping to cross-government coordination and collaboration with the fishing industry as a means to increase not just the quality and quantity of data within the marine domain.
London specifically points at quantity of data within the marine domain, but also the availability of that marine data.
Shapps goes on to say, Mankind has better maps of the surface of the moon and Mars than of our own ocean. To ensure the UK’s maritime security is based on informed and evidence-based decisions, we must build our knowledge of this dynamic ocean frontier.
Defense World Network / ABC Flash Point Fishing News 2023.
The raiders of the lost Ark, annexing global territories thousands of miles away from the homeland? They call it freedom of navigation.
UK government sniffing too much white powder again – American government –“we order you with your minute amount of military vessels to put up a “show of force ” against Chinese expansionism” – only American imperialism and exceptionalism is allowed to rule the world . Do you know that although the nuke sub base is Faslane-Gare Loch in Scotland in the next sea loch is Coulport -Loch Long there the nukes are stored –and OWNED by –that’s right the USA government –only the warheads are British and although its “officially” a British base ( cover up ) its actually run… Read more »
Only the USA is allowed to press the button and use these stockpiled nuclear weapons. Italy, Belgium (Kleine Brogel) and the Netherlands Leeuwarden) also have these storage and launch facilities in Europe.
Your right PT – American satellites control the nukes logistics as well – “please Sir can we fire “our” ( your ) nukes ” -its pitiful and embarrassing.