Press Release: EU takes concrete action against illegal fishing

On the 24 March 2014, following a Commission proposal, the Council of Ministers decided to list Belize, Cambodia and Guinea-Conakry as countries acting insufficiently against illegal fishing.

After several warnings, measures will now come into effect against the three countries to tackle the commercial benefits stemming from illegal fishing. This means that imports into the EU of any fisheries products caught by vessels from these countries will now be banned, whilst EU vessels will not be allowed to fish in these countries' waters. It is the first time that measures of this type are adopted at EU level.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/211: Question and Answers on the EU's fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-211_en.pdf

ESO: Background information: European Commission intensifies the fight against illegal fishing http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-commission-intensifies-the-fight-against-illegal-fishing/

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