Source & Author: Francisco Blaha I wrote many times before about the EU IUU Regulation (EC No 1005/2008), the Catch Certification Scheme (CCS) and yellow and red cards the EU has been delivering around. My 1st contact with this regulation was when 2008, 2 years before its entry into force, and since then I been working with it at various levels.
Read MoreSource: EURACTIV.com Author: Victoria Mundy The EU has some of the world’s toughest legislation aimed at barring imports of illegally-caught fish. But inadequate enforcement and an outdated import document scheme risk undermining its impact, writes Victoria Mundy.
Read MoreSource & Author: Sciencetavenir.fr Les contrôles des importations de produits de la mer dans l’UE sont souvent défaillants et ne permettent pas de lutter contre la pêche illégale, déplore une coalition d’ONG dans un rapport publié jeudi.
Read MoreSource & Author: Oceana EU Oceana calls the decision an international disgrace and appeals.
Read MoreStudy finds that inconsistent procedures across member states and outdated documentation scheme undermine effectiveness of EU illegal fishing (IUU) Regulation.
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource.com Author: Gao Fu Mao A shipment of Chinese squid has been impounded by authorities in Spain after being imported illegally, according to the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF).
Read MoreSource & Author: Europol Greek and Spanish authorities, supported by Europol and Eurojust, have dismantled an international criminal network suspected of having smuggled over 10 tonnes of eels from the EU to China
Read MoreSource & Author: Francisco Blaha Thailand has been going trough a rough patch with the EU for a while now, from the still outstanding issues from DG MARE’s “yellow card” in terms of IUU, now DG SANTE (Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety) recently published the results of an inspection that was carried out last year… and the […]
Read MoreSource: Völkerrechtsblog Author: Valentin J. Schatz The raison d’être of the concept of transnational ‘fisheries crime’ (TFC) (INTERPOL 2013) or ‘marine resource crime’ (UNODC 2011) can be traced to endemic illicit activities in the fisheries sector which, due to their devastating impacts, are increasingly considered as a serious problem worthy of attention as ‘criminal’ rather than merely […]
Read MoreSource & Author: Tribune de Genève La Suisse ne fera plus le commerce de poissons issus de pêche illicite, comme c’est le cas depuis sept ans en Union européenne.
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