Things in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing are moving in the right direction, Steve Trent, executive director at the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), said while sitting down with IntraFish at the SeaWeb Seafood Summit in Malta last week.

But the work is long not done, as a number of issues still need to be tackled both in Thailand and elsewhere across the globe.

IntraFish Media: What has changed in the fight compared to the past years?

Steve Trent: You've got a convergence of bilateral and multi-lateral government interaction and concern, and the business community.