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Memorandum on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing and Associated Labor Abuses

Excerpt:  “Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and related harmful fishing practices are among the greatest threats to ocean health and are significant causes of global overfishing, contributing to the collapse or decline of fisheries that are critical to the economic growth, food systems, and ecosystems of numerous countries around the world.  Distant water fishing vessels, which engage in industrial-scale fishing operations on the high seas and in waters under other states’ jurisdictions, can be significant perpetrators of IUU fishing and related harmful fishing practices.  IUU fishing often involves forced labor, a form of human trafficking, and other crimes and human rights abuses.”