International Legal Provisions Attempting to Combat IUU Fishing

In 1994, the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, also known as CCRF, was agreed.

CCRF is an agreement that becomes a reference in managing and developing an orderly, responsible and sustainable fishery and this agreement is formed by a joint decision that has been agreed upon by member countries of The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

During the course of the CCRF, it was deemed insufficient as a reference in managing fishery resources, including the prevention and control of IUU fishing.

So that in combating IUU Fishing, FAO member countries agreed to formulate an international action as outlined in the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate IUU fishing (IPOAIUU Fishing) in 2001.

IPOA-Fishing is a global action aimed at preventing resource damage. fisheries resources and rebuilding fisheries resources that have been or are nearly extinct.

So that the availability of food sourced from fisheries for current and future generations is guaranteed. IPOA-IUU Fishing must be followed up by every country in the world.

During the course of the CCRF, it was deemed insufficient as a reference in managing fishery resources, including the prevention and control of IUU fishing.

So that in combating IUU Fishing, FAO member countries agreed to formulate an international action as outlined in the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate IUU fishing (IPOAIUU Fishing) in 2001.

IPOA-Fishing is a global action aimed at preventing resource damage. fisheries resources and rebuilding fisheries resources that have been or are nearly extinct.

So that the availability of food sourced from fisheries for current and future generations is guaranteed. IPOA-IUU Fishing must be followed up by every country in the world.

On May 4, 2007, Indonesia and several countries such as Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam agreed to form a Regional Ministerial Meeting (RMM) Promoting Responsible Fishing Practices in the Region.

This RMM produced 2 documents, namely the Joint Ministerial Meeting and also the Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Southeast Asia Region.

The Regional Plan of Action (RPOA)-IUU fishing as an international regime is a derivative of the previous international regime, namely IPOA-IUU fishing and is one of the demands given by IPOAIUU to every country in the world to work together in dealing with IUU fishing.

This international regime is a form of adoption of the IPOAIUU provisions related to "Cooperation between States" which is described in Article 28 of IPOAIUU Fishing. In this article, the IPOA-IUU demands that each country form a cooperation to deal with IUU fishing that has crossed the borders of one country.

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