Thailand's surimi imports have seen a massive increase in the last five years, jumping from 2,300 metric tons in 2010 to an estimated 40,000 metric tons this year.
The country's fishing regulations, which was one of the main subjects discussed at the ninth European Surimi Forum -- have led to lower domestic landings, prompting the surimi sector to turn to suppliers oustide the country.
“Thailand is under much pressure from Europe to decrease IUU fishing, when the yellow card was given to Thailand, over 80 percent of its vessels were not registered,” said Pascal Genneugues of Future Seafood.
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