EU warns Fiji and Vanuatu for illegal fishing

As the European Union (EU) takes Fiji and Vanuatu to task for having weak laws to tackle illegal fishing, international environmental campaigner Greenpeace has urged the EU to also set a good example and support local fish conservation efforts while fishing in the Pacific. Fiji and Vanuatu are part of eight third countries cited by the EU last November for having weak laws to tackle Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and they have been given six months to improve weak areas or be deemed “non-cooperating” third countries in EU’s fight against IUU, a status that could see them losing EU market access for all their fish products.

Source: Islands Business

[Brussels Briefing on IUU Fishing]