Report of the Third Session of the Joint FAO/IMO Ad Hoc Working Group on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Related Matters, London, 16–18 November 2015
This document contains the report of the Third Session of the Joint FAO/IMO Ad Hoc Working Group on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Related Matters (JWG), held in London, United Kingdom, on 16–18 November 2015. The UN Commission on Sustainable Development, which met in April 1999, highlighted the issue of flag and port State responsibilities and the need for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to cooperate on solving problems relating to IUU fishing. Accordingly, FAO presented a paper to the IMO Maritime Safety Committee suggesting draft terms of reference for an ad hoc working group. The first and second sessions of the JWG were held in Rome, Italy, on 9–11 October 2000 and 16-18 July 2007, respectively.