As we had anticipated (see EUROPE B12386A17), the European Commission decided on Thursday 12 December to send a yellow card to Panama on the grounds that the country is not sufficiently combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The Republic of Panama had already received a yellow card in November 2012, which was lifted in October 2014.
The Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, said he hoped that the Panamanian authorities would...