Brussels, 14/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - As part of its efforts to combat illegal fishing across the globe, the European Commission decided on Tuesday 14 October to ban imports of fisheries products from Sri Lanka (see EUROPE 11128 and 11045).
The decision was taken after four years of intensive dialogue with Sri Lanka. The country has not, however, been able to demonstrate that it was properly addressing the issue of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Among the main...