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Illegal, Unreported And Unregulated Fishing And Transnational Organized Fisheries Crimes: Perspectives Of Legal And Policy Measures Of Indonesia, Zaki Mubarok
University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 2017+
It has been identified that Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing activities have severe impacts on, and continue to be a prominent problem to, marine ecosystems. In a 2012 report, FAO disclosed that 87.3% of fish stocks were fully exploited or overexploited. In accordance with the recent report, it is estimated that the economic losses from the practice are approximately between $10 billion and $23.5 billion per year, which is equal to between 11 and 26 million tons of fish catch. The FAO report revealed that fish stocks decreased from 90 per cent in 1974 to 71.2 per cent in …