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IUU Fishing and Associated Drivers - Blue Paper

Abstract
This Blue Paper was prepared as input to the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, this paper provides scientific and policy background as well as opportunities for action to reinvigorate
international cooperation and efforts to effectively regulate IUU fishing. The authors outline the state of knowledge and trends in IUU fishing, ways in which it contributes to overfishing, how it exacerbates the impacts of climate change, and specific aspects of how it operates in coastal areas, on the high seas and in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
Author/s
Sjarief Widjaja
Tony Long
Hassan Wirajuda
Publisher/s
Environmental Justice Foundation
Publication Year
2019