EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PUSHES FOR TOUGHER ACTION ON ILLEGAL FISHING
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLA EUROPEAN Parliament report has called for a European Union (EU)-crackdown on illegal fishing, suggesting detailed steps to improve traceability and monitoring. French Green MEP Marie-Hélène Aubert has written: "Traceability of fish is key, beginning with the vessel that catches the fish and continuing through the chain of custody to the final sale, to prevent IUU [illegal, unreported and unregulated] product from slipping in." She continued: "The increasing facility with which capital and fish can circle to globe has not been accompanied ...
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