A Study on the Training and Education of Inspectors to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in Turkey

Raziye Tanriverdi̇

doi:10.33714/masteb.985671

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine present training conditions of inspectors and the current situation in Turkey to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing within the scope of the training of qualified inspectors which was one of port states’ duties according to the PSMA to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate IUU Fishing. In Turkey, the inspectors of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Command of Coast Guard had sufficient training according to the Annex-E of Article 17 of the PSMA to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate IUU Fishing. The trainings related to the provisions stated in the Annex-E of Article 17 of the PSMA to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate IUU Fishing should be planned or necessary studies should be carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for authorized institutions and organizations other than the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Coast Guard Command. Legal arrangements should be made on the training of inspectors in order to prevent IUU fishing in the Fisheries Law.

Highlights

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing) is a global problem affecting both exclusive economic zones and the high seas (Boto et al, 2009)
The Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) to Prevent, of this study is to examine present training conditions of
Port states duties are determined in the PSMA to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate IUU Fishing

Summary

Introduction

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing) is a global problem affecting both exclusive economic zones and the high seas (Boto et al, 2009). To prevent IUU Fishing on the national and international level, in 2001, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, 2021) signed an International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate IUU Fishing within the framework of the code of conduct for responsible fisheries (FAO, 2001). The Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) to Prevent, of this study is to examine present training conditions of. Deter and Eliminate IUU Fishing was approved by the FAO inspectors in Turkey to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, Conference at its Thirty-sixth Session on 22 November 2009 unreported and unregulated fishing within the scope of the (FAO, 2009). Turkey has been part/has deposited to “the PSMA training of qualified inspectors which is one of port states’

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