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Discussion Paper: Australia's Ability To Meet The Requirements Of European Commission Regulation No. 1005/2008 'Establishing A Community System To Prevent, Deter And Eliminate Illegal, Unreported And Unregulated Fishing, Jo-Anne Mccrea, Quentin Hanich, Martin Tsamenyi
Discussion Paper: Australia's Ability To Meet The Requirements Of European Commission Regulation No. 1005/2008 'Establishing A Community System To Prevent, Deter And Eliminate Illegal, Unreported And Unregulated Fishing, Jo-Anne Mccrea, Quentin Hanich, Martin Tsamenyi
Professor Ben M Tsamenyi
On 29 September 2008, the European Commission (EC) passed Regulation 1005/2008 ‘establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing’ (the EC IUU Regulation). The Regulation will come into force on 1 January 2010. The Regulation has the following major implications for the Australian seafood export industry: a. All consignments of wild caught fish and fish product (with exceptions) will be prohibited from being imported into European Union Member States, unless a catch certificate accompanies them. The catch certificate must contains the harvest details of the fish (e.g. vessel and master’s name and number, fishing …