Implementation of IPOA/IUU - International MCS Network

33cases, fishing vessels registered elsewhere operate without permission of thecoastal State (poach) or fish in violation of the terms of access granted to themby the coastal State. 54IUU fishing within waters under national jurisdiction primarily harmsthe coastal States in question and the legitimate fishers who operate in thosewaters. It is therefore manifestly in the interest of coastal States to do all they canto prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing in those waters, as they will reap thebenefits most directly.In addition, because fish stocks (and other species in the ecosystem)often migrate through waters under the jurisdiction of more than one coastalState or between areas under national jurisdiction and the high seas, such IUUfishing harms the interests of others as well. In part because of the migratorynature of these resources, the sovereign rights of coastal States to managefisheries in waters under their jurisdiction also imply a responsibility to managethe fisheries properly and in accordance with international standards.The IPOA-IUU calls upon each coastal State, in the exercise of thesesovereign rights, to implement measures to prevent, deter and eliminate IUUfishing.The large majority of fishing activity taking place in waters under thejurisdiction of most coastal States is undertaken by vessels registered in thecoastal States themselves. In such situations, the coastal State is also the flagState and, as such, should carry out its responsibilities as a flag State with respectto its vessels operating in waters under its jurisdiction. As discussed in Section 4of these guidelines, each coastal State whose vessels operate in waters under itsown jurisdiction should:require its vessels to be registeredinclude all vessels (and all relevant data relating to them) in arecord of fishing vesselsrequire vessels to obtain express authorizations to fish, whichshould be issued only to vessels listed in the recordavoid registering a vessel with a history of IUU fishingrequire appropriate reporting of catches and related data andmaintenance of logbooks 5554 Some coastal States, particularly developing coastal States, seek to control the fishingactivities of foreign vessels granted access to operate in their waters more strictly thanthose of vessels registered in their own territory. This has prompted some vessel ownersto register fishing vessels in those coastal States as a way to avoid more stringent controls.See T. Aqorau, supra note 33.