Fishing: action plan for the eradication of illegal, undeclarated and unregulated fishing

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, based on the report by Niels BUSK (ELDR, Denmark). Please refer to the document dated 21/10/02. In addition, Parliament called on the Commission to: -grant aid to coastal states in their fight against UU via its bilateral and multilateral aid programmes in cooperation between the Fisheries DG, the Development DG and the External Relations DG; -ensure that adequate financial resources are earmarked for raising the awareness of the fishing industry, consumers and the general public about the need to combat IUU fishing.�