European Commission intensifies the fight against illegal fishing

Following a formal warning in 2012, the European Commission on 26 November 2013 decided to intensify its fight against illegal fishing by identifying Belize, Cambodia and Guinea as non-cooperating third countries.

These three countries have still not addressed structural problems and have failed to show real commitment to tackling the problem of illegal fishing.
The Commission proposed to the Council of Ministers to adopt trade measures against the three countries in order to tackle the commercial benefits stemming from these illegal activities.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Commission warns third countries over insufficient action to fight illegal fishing http://www.europeansources.info/record/commission-warns-third-countries-over-insufficient-action-to-fight-illegal-fishing/

European Commission: RAPID: Memo, MEMO/13/1053: Question and Answers on the EU's fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-1053_en.pdf

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/982: Speaking points http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-982_en.pdf

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