EU fisheries code poses challenge to China
China, the world’s leading exporter of marine fish products, needs to adapt its fisheries if it is to meet new EU (European Union) regulations to combat illegal fishing. Under the legislation, which will take effect from January 2010, all fishy materials imported into the European Union will have to be accompanied by catch certificates validated by the nation under whose flag the fishing vessel sails, according to an AFP report from Beijing.
The move is aimed at combating illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing, the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network Traffic said in its report titled “Understanding China’s Fish Trade and Traceability.”
via fnbnews.com
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