End IUU: Remove the weak links

Prior to the implementation of the EU’s IUU regulation in January 2010, member states annually imported €1.1 billion-worth of illegal fish

The general feeling in political circles is that the first year of the European Union’s illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing regulation (No 1005/1008) was a success. However, many of these same rule-makers and stakeholders feel 2011 will be even more pivotal in the fight against the illegal fishing trade and that measures introduced over […]