IUU Fishing - Quantifying the costs of IUU fishing to the UK

Since the 1st January 2021, the UK is no longer subject to the EU's Common Fisheries Policy and is an independent coastal state once again. The UK had been covered by the EU's Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing regulations (1005/2008). These regulations are retained in UK law but the UK has the freedom to set its own policies and regulations on IUU. The UK's status as an independent coastal state provides an opportunity to better understand how IUU fishing affects the UK. Better understanding this wi...