The EU Regulations to Prevent Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing was first introduced in Thailand. During November 26-28 and December 15-19, 2008, the seminar on “Council Regulation Establishing the European Community System to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing” was held in Bangkok. The EU representatives came to study and collect data on fisheries in Thailand for analysis and to consider the possible effect of the Regulation to stakeholders. The regulation is inspired by the FAO’s International Plan of Action adopted in 2001 to prevent deter and eliminate IUU fishing. The EU Community has one of the largest fishing fleet in the world and is the third largest catching power. In addition, it is also largest importer of fishery products in the world. The high demand for processed product exposes the Community to be a potentially attractive market for the IUU operators. The IUU fishing is one of the most serious threats to the sustainable exploitation of living aquatics resources, marine environment, and to the sustainability of fish stocks and marine biodiversity. The EU has been extremely active fighting against IUU fishing. The IUU Regulation will apply from January 1, 2010. One of the main elements of the Regulation is the certificate scheme to improve traceability of all marine fishery products traded with the Community in all stages of the production chain, from the fishing net to the plate. The fishery products of IUU fishing will be prohibited. (The more detail of the main provision in the Regulation is available at; (http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/e x t e r n a l _ r e l a t i o n s /illegal_fishing_en.htm). Before applying the Regulation in 2010, Thailand was selected to be the representative country in the region of tropical fisheries. In addition the national fisheries administration system was observed. All relevant data and unique condition were considered before it is introduced and implemented in other countries in this region. The IUU fishing has been the concern throughout the world. Thus the effective alert system and close cooperation among countries that play the role of consumer and producer can seriously control and stop IUU fishing utterly.Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The EU Regulations to Prevent Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
The EU Regulations to Prevent Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing was first introduced in Thailand. During November 26-28 and December 15-19, 2008, the seminar on “Council Regulation Establishing the European Community System to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing” was held in Bangkok. The EU representatives came to study and collect data on fisheries in Thailand for analysis and to consider the possible effect of the Regulation to stakeholders. The regulation is inspired by the FAO’s International Plan of Action adopted in 2001 to prevent deter and eliminate IUU fishing. The EU Community has one of the largest fishing fleet in the world and is the third largest catching power. In addition, it is also largest importer of fishery products in the world. The high demand for processed product exposes the Community to be a potentially attractive market for the IUU operators. The IUU fishing is one of the most serious threats to the sustainable exploitation of living aquatics resources, marine environment, and to the sustainability of fish stocks and marine biodiversity. The EU has been extremely active fighting against IUU fishing. The IUU Regulation will apply from January 1, 2010. One of the main elements of the Regulation is the certificate scheme to improve traceability of all marine fishery products traded with the Community in all stages of the production chain, from the fishing net to the plate. The fishery products of IUU fishing will be prohibited. (The more detail of the main provision in the Regulation is available at; (http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/e x t e r n a l _ r e l a t i o n s /illegal_fishing_en.htm). Before applying the Regulation in 2010, Thailand was selected to be the representative country in the region of tropical fisheries. In addition the national fisheries administration system was observed. All relevant data and unique condition were considered before it is introduced and implemented in other countries in this region. The IUU fishing has been the concern throughout the world. Thus the effective alert system and close cooperation among countries that play the role of consumer and producer can seriously control and stop IUU fishing utterly.
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