Fishery groups step up bid to avoid EU action

Isara Vongkusolkit, chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, said the chamber was gravely concerned about the IUU issue and had tried its best to promote cooperation with private counterparts in the fishing industry to create a traceability system for products. Mr Poj insisted that, whatever the EU’s ruling, it was unlikely to greatly affect overall fishery product exports but would damage the country’s image. 

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