US IUU fishing sanctions and future prospects

As the United States takes active sanctions against ‘illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing)’, it is expected to have an impact on our country’s fishing industry. In particular, as the standards for identifying IUU fishing are expanded to include forced labor for fishing crews, it is judged that it is necessary to more carefully monitor trends in the management and supervision of IUU fishing in the United States and prepare response strategies. Establishment of laws and systems to regulate IUU fishing According to trend analysis data from the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), the United States determines that ‘illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing)’ is causing various domestic and international problems, including harming the sustainability of fisheries and damaging the marine ecosystem. And, through its own laws, it established a legal foundation to lead the international order in the fisheries sector. As part of this, the United States has ...