INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION ROUND-UP – UN CLOSE TO PORT BAN FOR ILLEGAL FISHING
January 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NEGOTIATORS are close to forging an international agreement that would ban vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing from ports worldwide. The United Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has been hosting the talks, and has reported the "general outlines... on 'port state' measures that would deny vessels engaged in IUU fishing access to fishing ports are largely in place." Port controls are considered the most efficient and cost-effective way of controlling illegal fishing, where boats catch ...
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