EUROPEAN Union member states are unable to monitor their own fleets efficiently because of a lack of compliance from the catching sector, says European fisheries commissioner Joe Borg.
“The Commission is convinced that the many failures of implementation and control which we have been noted since the start of the campaign have made it exceedingly difficult for the member states to monitor their own fleets’ bluefin tuna catches accurately.
“These failures of implementation include, but are not limited to: unreliable catch declarations, failure to respect reporting deadlines, delays in submission of fishing plans, and failure to communicate satellite data on the movements of the vessels concerned.”
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