IUU fishing definition

IUU fishing means activities as defined in paragraph 3 of the FAO International Plan of Action to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

IUU fishing means any illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing activities as defined in points 1 to 4 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008;

IUU fishing means fishing activities defined in point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008;

Examples of IUU fishing in a sentence

• The objective of this Agreement is to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing through the implementation of effective port State measures, and thereby to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of living marine resources and marine ecosystems.

• Hence, the 29th Session of APFIC emphasised that “(d)eterring, and hopefully, eliminating IUU, therefore, is a responsibility of all APFIC Members.” In a recent review of the capacity of APFIC Members to manage IUU fishing, it was noted that many Members did not even have the necessary legislation to deal with the problem.

• The objective of this Resolution is to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing through the implementation of effective port State measures to control the harvest of fish caught in the IOTC Area, and thereby to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of these resources and marine ecosystems.

• Part I provides a summary of the key international instruments that promote the conservation and management of fisheries resources, including the prevention, deterrence, and elimination of IUU fishing.

• Although such provisions can be difficult to implement, not least because the evidentiary requirements can be challenging, the inclusion of such a provision does provide one further mechanism for deterring IUU fishing.

More Definitions of IUU fishing

IUU fishing means activities as referred to in paragraph 3 of the FAO International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, and other activities as may be decided by the Commission;

IUU fishing means illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities in the NAFO Regulatory Area.

IUU fishing means the activities described in the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing adopted by the FAO;

IUU fishing has the same meaning as defined in the relevant IOTC and SIOFA resolutions applicable to the nature of the licence under this Agreement;

IUU fishing means fishing activity that is illegal, unreported or unregulated;

IUU fishing means activities as defined in paragraph 3 of the FAO International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, and as further defined in paragraph 1 of Recommendation 18-08 Establishing a List of Vessels Presumed to Have Carried Out Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Activity.

IUU fishing refers to the activities as set out in paragraph 3 of the 2001 FAO International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, and other activities as may be decided by the Commission;