Phuket based Navy tasked with tackling IUU fishing

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Phuket based Navy tasked with tackling IUU fishing

The Phuket News

 

Vice Admiral Surapol Kuptaphan of the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: -- The Royal Thai Navy based in Phuket are seeking to improve measures to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in attempt to have the “yellow card” issued by the European Union (EU) dropped by April 2017.

 

The EU issued a yellow card to Thailand in April 2015, warning the country should clean up its poorly regulated fishing industry or face a ban on seafood exports.

 

Vice Admiral Surapol Kuptaphan of the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command, who is also chief of Third Area Thailand Maritime Enforcement Coordinating Centre (NAC3), revealed that following a recent meeting the Royal Thai Navy learned that the country’s strategy to prevent and tackle IUU fishing has lacked reporting and control.

 

“Our investigation showed that so far 90 per cent of fishing boats and fishing industry operators in the system are following the laws. However, action must be taken against that 10% still operating outside of the law so that we are guaranteed that the EU will drop the yellow card by April next year,” V/Adm Surapol said.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-based-navy-tasked-with-tackling-iuu-fishing-60359.php

 

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[craigt3365]

Wasn't the navy involved in the illegal migrant crisis a few years ago?  Something the EU is definitely aware of.

[yellowboat]

The Thai trawlers go all over the world.   The Thai Navy is really going to follow them ?  It is doubtful that they have that sort of initiative. 

[The Old Bull]

Ninty nine percent of lawyers give the other one percent a bad name. I think something similar applies to the fishing business.