18 Feb 2021 --- Big seafood players are calling for action to combat the scourge of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, including closing all ports and supply chains to illegal fishing. In their publicly released “Statement on Traceability and Port State Measures,” the groups call for a combination of private sector and government actions to help transform the transparency and accountability of seafood supply chains and block landings of IUU catch. “There must be nowhere to land and nowhere to sell fish and seafood that is caught illegally,” remarks ambassador Peter Thomson, the UN secretary general’s special envoy for the ocean and co-chair of Friends of Ocean Action.
