Regulating IUU Fishing or Combating IUU Operations? Olav Schram Stokke and Davor Vidas

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Regulating IUU Fishing or

Combating IUU Operations?

Olav Schram Stokke and Davor Vidas

OECD Workshop on

IUU Fishing Activities, 19-20 April 2004

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Overview

• Do we have the right diagnosis?

• Targeting IUU vessels

• Targeting IUU logistics

• Targeting IUU catch

The IUU Operation

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The Law of the Sea domain

• Vessel registration and nationality– making states less suitable– making vessels less suitable

• Jurisdiction, control and enforcement at sea

• Port state jurisdiction and control

• The challenge

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Targeting IUU nuts and bolts

• Denial– availability and limits– blacklisting, whitelisting - public and private – trade compatibility

• Naming and shaming– corporate social responsibility

• Capacity reduction– subsidies, buybacks, capital movements

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Targeting IUU commodities

• Catch documentation schemes– infrastructural needs

• CITES listing?– coverage and precision

• Ecolabelling– Marine Stewardship Council

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Conclusions

• Attacking on a broad front

• Segments of insulation and vulnerability

• Mobilization and involvement– states, organisations, individuals

• Fusion with broader issues– corporate responsibility, subsidies, ecolabelling

• Information management