IUU laws fail to curb abuse of fishermen

Measures to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices should be accompanied by rigorous labour protection measures, activists said on 9 September at a Chulalongkorn University seminar.

Following the European Union’s final warning — a yellow card issued to Thailand in late April — the government has rolled out a series of legal amendments and regulations to tackle the problem of IUU fishing in Thailand.

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