Combating IUU fishing: international legal developments

Authors

Mary Ann Palma, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

31967

Publication Details

Palma, M. (2009). Combating IUU fishing: international legal developments. In Q. Hanich & M. Tsamenyi (Eds.), Navigating Pacific fisheries: legal and policy trends in the implementation of international fisheries instruments in the Western and Central Pacific Region (pp. 71-103). Wollongong: ANCORS.

Abstract

When the international Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IPOA-IUU) was adopted in 2001, the term illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing or "IUU fishing" instantly gained the attention of States, regional organisations, non-government organisations, and academic institutions.