Source & Author: Concilium.Europa.EU The Council adopted conclusions on “International ocean governance: an agenda for the future of our oceans”.
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3 Apr
2017
2017
Catch documentation schemes
16 Mar
2017
2017
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.
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16 Mar
2017
2017
Source: 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 But inadequate enforcement and an outdated import document scheme risk undermining its impact, writes Victoria Mundy.
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16 Mar
2017
2017
Source & 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.
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14 Mar
2017
2017
Study finds that inconsistent procedures across member states and outdated documentation scheme undermine effectiveness of EU illegal fishing (IUU) Regulation.
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3 Mar
2017
2017
Source & 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 […]
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26 Feb
2017
2017
Source & Author: Asia Pacific Report News of the return to green card status for Solomon Islands tuna into the European Union market provides much-deserved cause for celebration, says the chief of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA).
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23 Feb
2017
2017
Source & Author: FIS Worldnews ANFACO-CECOPESCA was visited by a delegation of the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee, led by its Vice-President, Werner Kuhn, of the European People’s Party.
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3 Feb
2017
2017
Source & Author: FIS Illegal seafood catches are still entering EU because the cross-checking of paper import documents is not possible, a new research reveals.
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26 Jan
2017
2017
Source: WWF Author: Eszter Hidas Since 2013, WWF and its partners* have been highlighting the urgent need for the establishment of an electronic system to facilitate the detection and blocking of imports of illegally caught seafood products into the EU, under the EU’s Regulation to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing [i].
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