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Below you can find a range of key documents useful for understanding the issues and debates around IUU fishing and its control.
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Frequently Asked Questions, Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Regulation Council Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2008
31/07/2009
Defra has produced a document responding to some of the most commonly asked questions about the EC regulation, which comes into force in January 2010. ...
Author: Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) UK
Impact Assessment of EU Regulation on Illegal Unreported and Unregulated fishing
20/07/2009
Defra have produced an interim impact assessment to quantify, where possible, some of the costs that may arise as a result of implementing this regula ...
Author: Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) UK
Letter from Oceana to the European Commission: Reference: Italy and illegal catch of marine biodiversity
09/07/2009
Letter from Oceana to European Commissioners, calling for an end to the illegal use of an Italian driftnet called ferrettara. The letter, which follow ...
Author: Oceana
Sharks: Oceana Wants RFMO Parties in San Sebastian to Commit to Concrete Actions
02/07/2009
The authors of this report note that 52% of pelagic shark species caught in high-seas fisheries are threatened. In 2007, 141,000 tonnes of highly migr ...
Author: Oceana
Scientists' Statement to the United Nations General Assembly regarding Progress made in Protecting Vulnerable Deep Sea Ecosystems
01/07/2009
This open letter sets out the concerns of the scientists over the failures of flag states and RFMOs to fully implement measures to protect vulnerable ...
Author: Scientists from round the world
Oceana's Opening Statement for Tuna and Shark Management in the RFMOs
29/06/2009
This is Oceana's opening statement at the meeting of the major tuna RFMOs in Spain on 30 June 2009. Oceana call for a number of measures to ensur ...
Author: Oceana
Review of the Implementation of the Provisions of UN GA Resolution 61/105 Related to the Management of High Seas Bottom Fisheries
12/06/2009
This report assesses the actions taken in accordance with United Nations General Assembly (UN GA) resolution 61/105 adopted in December 2006, which ca ...
Author: Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC)
When Fishing Turns Deadly - The Environmental and Social Impacts of Illegal Trawling in North Sumatra.
09/06/2009
This report states that it has been estimated that widespread illegal trawling has resulted in a 40% decrease in catch per fisher in the Malacca Strai ...
Author: Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)
Dirty Fish: How EU Hygiene Standards Facilitate Illegal Fishing in West Africa
09/06/2009
This report claims that investigations by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) have demonstrated direct links between pirate fishing in the West ...
Author: Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)
Oceans in Danger
04/06/2009
This report by Oceana points out that while World Oceans Day is celebrated on 8 June, our seas are collapsing as a result of climate change and indust ...
Author: Oceana
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