The Maldives National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (NPOA-IUU)
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The Maldives NPOA-IUU identifies action points to reduce the negative social, economic, and environmental impacts of IUU fishing in the Maldives, and of Maldivian vessels operating outside of Maldives’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
Based on a benchmarking of current performance/ issues against the contents of the IPOA-IUU (FAO 2001) and the related FAO Technical Guidelines on implementation of the IPOA-IUU (FAO 2002), the Maldives NPOA-IUU identifies action points to reduce the negative social, economic, and environmental impacts of IUU fishing in the Maldives, and of Maldivian vessels operating outside of Maldives’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
The NPOA-IUU represents action by the Maldives in contributing to The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 Life Below Water, which has a Goal to: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources. One of the associated targets is ‘By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, IUU fishing and destructive fishing practices…