IUU hits the headlines:
IUU hits the headlines CCAMLR 1997
FAO 1999 – Rome Declaration on the Code of Conduct
IPOA-IUU adopted 2001
UNGA resolution 56/13 (2001)
Identifying the problems:
Identifying the problems UNGA resolutions 58/14 and 29/25
Failure to participate
Inadequate implementation at regional level
Inadequate flag state control
Geographic and structural gaps
Subsidies
Identifying solutions:
Identifying solutions IPOA-IUU (2001)
FAO Technical Guidelines (2002)
National plans of action (NPOAs)
OECD analytical work 2003 – 2005
Economic and social drivers
Possible actions by port states, flag states, RFMOs.
Ministerial commitments 2005:
Ministerial commitments 2005 2005 Rome Declaration
Adopt and apply NPOAs
Strengthen RFMOs
Join multilateral agreements
Apply IPOA-IUU
St. John’s Declaration 2005
Urge others to ratify multilateral agreements
Review and strengthen RFMOs (specific actions highlighted)
Cover unregulated areas/stocks
Follow up on commitments made in Rome Declaration
Ministerially-led Task Force:
Ministerially-led Task Force Direct action to stem the worst abuses (primarily enforcement-related)
Provide added impetus to multilateral approaches:
Stimulate more rapid progress (e.g. on RFMO reform)
Reinforce and complement agreed commitments (e.g. on port state measures)
Bring leverage to bear on the causes of IUU fishing by targeted value-added work
Summary:
Summary All Task Force measures designed to be consistent with multilateral commitments to action.
Aim is to make more rapid progress – “words to action”
Play a leadership role in adding value to multilateral debate
Initiatives not exclusive – encourage others to join