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- IUU is a major source of uncertainty in stock assessments (they cite Bray 2000; Evans 2000; Ices, 1994, 2000, and 2004)
- Most information available is anecdotal
- Most estimates are fishery-specific
- FAO estimates that LEGAL and IUU kills about 8 million TONNES per year
- Mostly Tuna and deep sea species
- "Constitutes a doubling of catch in the last 20 years" (they cite Schmidt 2004)
- CCAMLR estimates the amount of IUU toothfish taken between 1997 and 2000 to be about 90,000 tonnes (more than 2x the registered catch levels)
- NEAFC says that almost 20% of the 2001 trade in redfish was IUU (they cite NEAFC, 2002)
- ICCAT (the tuna people) estimates that 18% of the tuna catch is IUU
- For most ICES stocks, IUU is responsible for "the single largest potential source of UFM" for the stock
- AFWG reports that 90 to 115 kilotonnes (I don't know if that was a unit, but it is now) of north east artic cod is IUU since 2002
- WGBFAS estimates that true baltic cod catches are 35-45% bigger than reported
- NWWG used satellite imagery to find that Redfish catches may be 25% greater than reported
- Other stock assessment working groups know that IUU is a major confounding factor, but have no way to quantify it (I think that if ICES can't get the data, we are toast)
On the international scene:
- IUU was formally recognized as a fishing problem at an FAO conference in 1992
- Schmidt, 2004 has a "brief" overview on subsequent regulations
- International Plan of Action for IUU Fishing is key
- defines stuff:
- Illegal fishing: "conducted by national or foreign vessels
- defines stuff: