5th International Forum on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing

15/10/2009
The 5th in the series of international forums on IUU fishing was held at Chatham House on 15th-16th October 2009. Many topics were covered, including the new EU regulation on IUU fishing, the economic implications of IUU fishing, addressing IUU fishing in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, controlling and monitoring IUU fishing, and fisheries governance.

To begin the conference, the film 'The End of the Line' was screened at Chatham House on 14th October from 18.00-20.30, hosted by Chatham House and WWF. The film was followed by a discussion with panellists from industry, government and civil society.

Keynote speakers:

Huw Irranca-Davies MP, Minister for Marine and Natural Environment, UK
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Abraham Iyambo, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia
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Stephen Willoughby, Deputy CEO, New Partnership for Africa's Development
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The presentations given at the conference are now available below, along with abstracts and biographies of the speakers. Video footage of the keynote session is available online here.

Contact:
For more information please contact Tim Eaton
Email: teaton@chathamhouse.org.uk.

Location:
Chatham House



Link to agenda (164 k)

Presentation abstracts (248 k)

Speaker biographies (212 k)

Keynote address delivered by Huw Irranca-Davies MP, UK Minister for Marine and Natural Environment (63 k)

Keynote address delivered by Hon. Dr. Abraham Iyambo, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia (70 k)

Meeting report (63 k)
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Linked presentation(s):

African Cooperation to Stop Illegal Fishing Sandy Davies

African Fisheries Development Aid Arthur E. Neiland

Capacity Needs and the Port State Measures Agreement Peter Manning

Combating IUU Fishing - Mauritius and Regional Cooperation Munesh Munbodh

The Costs of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in EU Fisheries Ian Dickie

Do RFMO IUU Vessel Lists Work? An Assessment of Compliance and Effectiveness Kristin Gunnarsdottir von Kistowski

Drivers and Impacts of IUU Fishing: A Case Study of Malaysia Max Herriman

The EC IUU Fishing Regulation: An Overview Richard Parsons

Estimating the Worldwide Extent of Illegal Fishing John Pearce

The EU Regulation 1005/2008 Catch Certification Scheme: A South African Private Sector View Roy Bross

The Extent and Effectiveness of Subsidizing Fisheries Management Worldwide Andrew J. Dyck

Impacts of the EU IUU Fshing Regulation on ACP Countries Ben Milligan

Implementing Regulation 1005/2008 in Papua New Guinea Aquina Kango

An Industry Perspective on the EU IUU Regulations Cliff Morrison

IUU fishing in the Asia-Pacific region Frank Meere

IUU Fishing in West Africa Duncan Copeland

The new EU Regulation on IUU Fishing - an NGO Perspective Sebastian Losada

The Role of Technologies in Monitoring and Surveillance Adam Jarrett

The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform Kieran Kelleher




Related areas:

Impacts/Development, communities and livelihoods
Impacts/Environment, biodiversity and fish stocks
Issues/Governance / management
Issues/Monitoring, control and surveillance
Europe/European Union