EU issues Taiwan with yellow card on IUU

The European Commission has yellow carded Taiwan and Comoros for failing to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The decision to issue a yellow card to Taiwan is based on serious shortcomings in the fisheries legal framework, a system of sanctions that does not deter IUU fishing and lack of effective monitoring, control and surveillance of the long-distance fleet, the EU said.

Furthermore Taiwan does not systematically comply with Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMO) obligations.

The EU simultaneously lifted yellow cards from Ghana and Papua New Guinea, which have significantly reformed their fisheries governance system.

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