FFA study to enhance monitoring and lower risk of IUU fishing

Three Vietnamese blue boats moored at a Solomon Islands wharf for illegal fishing, March 2017. Non-compliance with licence conditions is a greater source of IUU fishing than illegal fishing. Photo: Pacific Guardians.
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For the first time, the volume and value of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for tuna is being measured for the whole western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO). The first quantification of IUU fishing, done in 2016, was for the area covered by the members of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Commission (FFA). The current study will update 2016 estimates. 

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Pacific fisheries
commercial fisheries
IUU
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