Brussels, 13/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 13 February, the European Commission announced that it had given the Philippines, Papua-New Guinea and Ghana an extra six months to take the measures required to eradicate illegal, undeclared and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
In 2014, these three countries were issued with warnings as their legislation did not do enough to tackle and punish offenders (see EUROPE 11097). The Commission has decided to give the countries a bit more time so that...