The EU IUU Fishing Coalition — The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Nature Conservancy, The Pew Charitable Trusts and WWF — are working together to promote EU leadership in improving global fisheries transparency and governance to end illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Committed to offering a broad spectrum of opinions and views from a variety of stakeholders on the issue of illegal fishing, how to stop it and secure the harmonised and effective implementation of the EU Regulation to end illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The FAO Global Record is a key transparency tool helping to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Designed to provide vessel information that helps verify legitimacy and trace ownership, it also supports implementation of key international agreements which are specifically designed to combat IUU fishing, such as the Port State Measures Agreement. The IUU […]
Read MoreIllegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing continues to threaten our ocean, the livelihoods of coastal communities, and the integrity of global seafood markets. But momentum is building to strengthen catch documentation schemes that prevent illegal seafood products from entering global markets, like the EU, the US, Japan and the Republic of Korea. A new report […]
Read MoreVarious political parties and stakeholder groups jointly emphasised the importance for the new EU institutions to lead the way in ramping-up the global fight against IUU fishing. Better implementation of the existing EU legal framework will be key to achieving the Commission’s zero-tolerance ambition towards IUU, levelling the playing field for EU fishers, and to […]
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