A presentation to a meeting on ASEAN maritime security. covering the challenges of IUU in the ASEAN region and the potential for the Port state Measures agreement to support the effort to combat IUU fishing.
Case examples of IUU fishing in the Asian region – links to Port State MeasuresSimon Funge-Smith
The document summarizes a study on illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing by foreign vessels in Asia. It identifies 33 hotspots of IUU fishing across the region. The major hotspots account for 82-85% of the total estimated IUU catch of 2.06-2.51 million tonnes worth $3.65-5.24 billion. The hotspots involve issues like lack of authorization, boundary violations, misreporting of catches, and involve a mix of trawling and purse seine fishing. Addressing IUU fishing requires strengthening monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS), port controls, regional cooperation, and improving domestic fisheries management and governance.
Update on combating illegal fishing in Asia
Robert Lee & Simon Funge-Smith
The 16th Asia Regional Partners’ Forum on Combating Environmental Crime (ARPEC)
15th January 2015, United Nations Conference Center (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand