Provision of Staff for the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Tuna Investigation

The MMO IUU team has established that a number of businesses (including a number of multinational organisations) have all attempted to import (into the UK) canned tuna which has been identified as IUU fish in contravention of the Sea Fishing IUU Order 2009: If it is ultimately decided to pursue a prosecution against any individual or business in this case MMO will need to provide evidence that they have been: • conducting a business directly connected to IUU fishing. This a strict liability offence meaning that a...