Pesca ilegal
A pesca fora dos limites da União Europeia pode ser ainda pior do que a que é feita nas águas dos países europeus. O peixe que chega vem em grande quantidades, não se sabe em que condições foi capturado e apresenta preços competitivos com os peixes locais. Mais do que tudo isto há o custo ambiental das emissões provenientes do transporte e das medidas para conservar o peixe, o que não é de todo reflectido no custo final.
A UE está preocupada com este assunto e a estratégia que vão adoptar é a certificação para promover mais controlo das autoridades e a atenção por parte dos consumidores. Pode ser a via para a solução, mas antes disso é provavelmente necessário que outros assuntos sejam também resolvidos, como por exemplo a corrupção e a troca de interesses obscura entre países.
On 22 October 2009, following the favourable opinion expressed in September by the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, the Commission adopted a Regulation establishing the implementing rules for the 2008 Regulation to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. As one of the central pillars of the Community's fisheries control policy, the IUU Regulation will control all landings and transhipments of third-country fishing vessels in Community ports and all trade of marine fishery products to and from the Union.
It is estimated that IUU fishing accounts for almost 20% of all marine catches in the world, with a value of approximately 10 billion Euros every year. This makes IUU fishing the second largest producer of fishery products in the world.
Despite having one of the largest fishing fleet in the world, the Union is also the single largest importer of fishery products. It is estimated that we import approximately 500,000 tonnes of fisheries products every year, worth 14 billion Euros. 45,000 tonnes of those products (9%) or 1.1 billion Euros (10% of the value) could originate from illegal fishing. In other words, the EU market provides a trade outlet for roughly 10% of the fish caught in violation of conservation and management measures.
The IUU Regulation and its implementing rules have the ambitious goal to combat illegal fishing by making sure that none of its products end up on the Community market. To do so, the Regulation sets up a catch certification scheme ensuring the full traceability of all marine fishery products traded from and into the Community. An essential element of the IUU Regulation, the certification scheme will help countries comply with their own conservation and management rules and will also make co-operation among countries easier for control and enforcement purposes. The Regulation also seeks to ensure that no European Union citizens are engaged in IUU activities, no matter where they take place.
In addition to the certification scheme, the Regulation also addresses the issues of port state control and of mutual assistance. Moreover it introduces a Community alert system to detect the most suspect cases of illegal practices, the vessels involved and any non-cooperating third countries. Proper enforcement will be ensured thanks to a harmonised system of proportionate and deterring sanctions for serious infringements.
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A UE está preocupada com este assunto e a estratégia que vão adoptar é a certificação para promover mais controlo das autoridades e a atenção por parte dos consumidores. Pode ser a via para a solução, mas antes disso é provavelmente necessário que outros assuntos sejam também resolvidos, como por exemplo a corrupção e a troca de interesses obscura entre países.
On 22 October 2009, following the favourable opinion expressed in September by the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, the Commission adopted a Regulation establishing the implementing rules for the 2008 Regulation to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. As one of the central pillars of the Community's fisheries control policy, the IUU Regulation will control all landings and transhipments of third-country fishing vessels in Community ports and all trade of marine fishery products to and from the Union.
It is estimated that IUU fishing accounts for almost 20% of all marine catches in the world, with a value of approximately 10 billion Euros every year. This makes IUU fishing the second largest producer of fishery products in the world.
Despite having one of the largest fishing fleet in the world, the Union is also the single largest importer of fishery products. It is estimated that we import approximately 500,000 tonnes of fisheries products every year, worth 14 billion Euros. 45,000 tonnes of those products (9%) or 1.1 billion Euros (10% of the value) could originate from illegal fishing. In other words, the EU market provides a trade outlet for roughly 10% of the fish caught in violation of conservation and management measures.
The IUU Regulation and its implementing rules have the ambitious goal to combat illegal fishing by making sure that none of its products end up on the Community market. To do so, the Regulation sets up a catch certification scheme ensuring the full traceability of all marine fishery products traded from and into the Community. An essential element of the IUU Regulation, the certification scheme will help countries comply with their own conservation and management rules and will also make co-operation among countries easier for control and enforcement purposes. The Regulation also seeks to ensure that no European Union citizens are engaged in IUU activities, no matter where they take place.
In addition to the certification scheme, the Regulation also addresses the issues of port state control and of mutual assistance. Moreover it introduces a Community alert system to detect the most suspect cases of illegal practices, the vessels involved and any non-cooperating third countries. Proper enforcement will be ensured thanks to a harmonised system of proportionate and deterring sanctions for serious infringements.
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