A major court case has ended with the Netherlands acknowledging it is likely fraud is happening across its entire fisheries sector

A major court case has ended with the Netherlands acknowledging it is likely fraud is likely happening across its entire fisheries sector. The admission came in a ruling from the Hague Administrative Court on 1 December 2023, with NGO ClientEarth and the Low Impact Fisheries of Europe (LIFE) organisation suing Dutch authorities for leaving the door wide open for fish fraud after information about unlawfully lax catch checking procedures came to light.