The Briefing on “Fighting against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU):Impacts and challenges for ACP countries” held in Brussels on 29th April 2009 looked at the main challenges of IUU at global and regional levels and the private sector concerns. The 2008 EC regulation which aims to prevent and deter IUU fishing was presented and discussed, along with the challenges for its implementation in ACP countries and the need for technical assistance to comply with the new requirements.The short report captures the essence of the discussions and the Reader gives a the key issues on the IUU Fishing as well as resources and references available on line.
Source: CTA