A Call for Action to Combat IUU Fishing in the Pacific

A coalition of seafood sector leaders urges APEC economies to implement the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), the Global Record, and Voluntary Transshipment Guidelines to eliminate IUU fishing in the Pacific through better vessel identification, information sharing, and observer coverage.

• Seafood sector leaders and member coalitions (including SeaBOS, ISSF, GSSI, Sea Pact, GDST, and GTA) are taking internal actions to remove IUU fishing from operations, establish full supply chain traceability, achieve 100% observer coverage for transshipments at sea, and adopt electronic legality systems.
• The authors call on governments to implement existing instruments rather than creating new agreements, specifically the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), the Global Record, the FAO Voluntary Transshipment Guidelines, and the APEC Roadmap for Combatting IUU Fishing.
• APEC economies are specifically asked to implement the PSMA by sharing vessel information via the Global Record, registering ports through the PSMA portal, and utilizing the FAO Global Information Exchange System (GIES) adopted in May 2023.
• The statement requests that APEC economies ensure their own flag vessels are subject to controls at least as effective as those applied to foreign vessels and that Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) maintain consistent PSM Conservation Measures.
• Implementation of the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Transshipment should require that every vessel involved is listed on the Global Record, is not on any IUU list, provides a complete VMS track, and is independently verified by an observer or electronic monitoring.

APA

World Economic Forum (2023). A Call for Action to Combat IUU Fishing in the Pacific. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Meta_Coalition_statement_2023.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. A Call for Action to Combat IUU Fishing in the Pacific. 2023. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Meta_Coalition_statement_2023.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=World Economic Forum |title=A Call for Action to Combat IUU Fishing in the Pacific |date=May 2023 |url=https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Meta_Coalition_statement_2023.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{worldeconomicforum2023call, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{A Call for Action to Combat IUU Fishing in the Pacific}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2023}, month = may, url = {https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Meta_Coalition_statement_2023.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }