IUU Fishing stands for Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.
Illegal fishing can be interpreted as an activity that violates the law or applicable laws and regulations.
Unreported Fishing is a fishing activity that is not reported or has been reported, but is not true.
Unregulated fishing is fishing activities that are not regulated, such as fishery activities carried out in water areas or so, where there are no conservation and management arrangements that can be applied to it.
In general, it can be interpreted as illegal fishing activities, not reported to the authorized fisheries management institution, and fishery activities that have not been regulated in existing regulations.
IUU fishing can occur in all capture fisheries activities regardless of location, target species, fishing gear used and the intensity of exploitation, both on a small scale and industry, in national and international jurisdictional zones.
Illegal Fishing
Included as the practice of Illegal Fishing are fishing activities that include the following:
- It is carried out by a foreign person or ship in waters that are the jurisdiction of a country without permission from that country, or contrary to the laws and regulations in force in the country where fishing activities take place;
- Contrary to applicable national regulations and/or international regulations;
- Carried out by a ship flying the flag of a country that is a member of a regional fisheries management organization but operates not in accordance with the conservation and management provisions applied by that organization or the provisions of applicable international law.
Unreported Fishing
Referred to as Unreported Fishing is fishing activities carried out in areas that are the competence of regional fisheries management institutions, but have never been reported or reported incorrectly, or not in accordance with the reporting provisions set by the institution.