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Organised crime has infiltrated most economic sectors, and fisheries are no exception. Criminal offences take place across the sector throughout the value chain, from fraudulent catch documentation to money laundering to drug and human trafficking. The impacts of this ‘shadow blue economy’ go far beyond damaging the ocean environment and fisheries, threatening peace and security, depriving ocean nations of revenue, undermining the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, threatening food security and weakening already vulnerable coastal communities. Organised crime in the fisheries sector diverts legitimate government revenue away from boosting national economic growth to criminal enterprises. With many countries struggling to re-build their economies in a post-Covid-19 world, this hinders both economic growth and post-Covid-19 recovery. This webinar will launch the latest Blue Paper commissioned by the Ocean Panel ‘Organised Crime in the Fisheries Sector’. This presents the current state of knowledge on organised crime in the fisheries sector in the context of the pursuit of a sustainable ocean economy. In doing so, the paper offers practical recommendations to address organised crime in fisheries emphasizing the need for a shared understanding of the problem and the implementation of intelligence-led, skills-based cooperative law enforcement action at a global level, facilitated by enabling legislative frameworks and increased transparency. Speakers Siri Bjune, UNODC (Moderator) Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen, Minister of Fisheries and Seafood, Norway Emma Witbooi, PescaDOLUS Kamal-Deen Ali, Centre for Maritime Law and Security Africa (CEMLAWS Africa) Mas Achmad Santosa, Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative Sarika Maharaj, Fisheries Division of Trinidad and Tobago Mi Zhou, International Labour Organization Gunnar Stølsvik, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway