Title: U.S. Implementation of EC IUU Regulation
1U.S. Implementation of EC IUU Regulation
- Tim Hansen
- James Appel
- Linda Chaves
2What is IUU?
- - Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated fishing
- - IUU practices are valued at approximately 15
Billion annually, globally (Oceanic Development
Study, 2007) - - IUU fishing represents 19 of worldwide
reported catch value (Oceanic Development Study,
2007) - - EC imports of IUU products are estimated at
1.6 Billion annually (Oceanic Development
Study, 2007)
3IUU Fishing Impacts
- Environmental Impacts
- Depletion of fish stocks and future stock growth
- Marine environment and ecosystem damaged by
overfishing and irresponsible fishing practices
and techniques - Threat to sustainable exploitation and marine
biodiversity - Socioeconomic Impacts
- Legal catches reduced
- Unfair competition between legal and illegal
operators - Overall market prices reduced
- Coastal communities dependent on fishing,
especially in developing countries, can be harmed
4Top 2008 U.S. Seafood Export Destinations
- EU
- - Largest direct export destination
- - Significant secondary export destination
- - Potential to become even larger
Total Exports 4.3 Billion
Source U.S. Customs, USITC
5Top U.S. Export Species to the EU, 2008
Million
Source U.S. Customs, USITC
6The IUU Regulation EC 1005/2008
- - Passed September 29, 2008
- - Entered into force January 1, 2010 for harvests
beginning January 1, 2010 - - Applies to all wild fisheries products
harvested by EC fishermen and all imports (with
minor exceptions e.g. scallops, oysters,
freshwater fish) - - All fisheries products entering the EC, whether
landed or imported, require a Catch
Certification document - - Catch Certification documents must be validated
by the Competent Authority of the fishing
vessels flag state - - The regulation allows for the development of an
alternate certificate to the one in the regulation
7U.S. Certification
- NOAA Fisheries Service negotiated an alternate
Catch Certificate - NOAA Fisheries Service and Seafood Inspection
Program (SIP) are the U.S. Competent Authority - SIP currently issues all health certificates for
all seafood exports - Catch certificates to be requested on-line, when
requesting EC health certificate - Catch certificate will attest that products have
been harvested in compliance with Federal and
State fisheries management and conservation
regulations - Each Catch Certificate will accommodate up to 5
species - SIP will cooperate with EC to authenticate
certificates to reduce fraud - NOAA Fisheries will conduct audits of companies
ability to trace product back to origin - Catch Certificate fee will be 20 initially
8Location of U.S. Exporters to the EC
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10
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18
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Source FDA
9U.S. 2008 Seafood Exports to the EU, By Export
Districts
Million
Source U.S. Customs, USITC
10Principal Species Exported through NW AK Port
Districts, 2008
Total 687 Million
11Principal Species Exported to the EU through NE
Port Districts, 2008
12Exporter Requirements
- - Purchase and export only legally harvested
and documented products that were caught in
accordance with applicable state and federal laws
and management measures - Obtain a validated catch certificate for all
marine fishery products exported to the EU,
including processed products, (with minor
exceptions) - Request catch certificates electronically from
the NOAA Fisheries Seafood Inspection Program - Send validated certificates electronically to
the EU importer prior to product arrival in the
EU - Retain records on product provenance for three
years - Comply with SIP audit requests and procedures
13Requesting an IUU Certificate
- - New inspection accounts are requested of and
approved by Inspection personnel usually within a
few hours. - - Once an account is set up, requests for
certificates are made through the web and
reviewed by Inspection personnel usually the same
day. - - Certificates are signed electronically.
- - Once approved, IUU certificates are emailed
back to requestor. - - IUU Certificates can be requested in
conjunction with EU Export Health Certificate,
other country health certificate, or as a stand
alone - - User guide with detailed instructions will
be on the Seafood Inspection Webpage. -
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14Documentation Requirements
SIP Catch Certificate www.seafood.noaa.gov
US - Caught
US Exporter
EU Importer
Annex IV Certificate Issued by China
SIP Issued Catch Certificate
(e.g., China)
Foreign Caught
US Importer
US Exporter
SIP Issued Annex IV Certificate
Foreign Government Catch Certificate
EU Importer
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18 Status
- System is working (with minor glitches)
- No product refused entry
- EU Member States still learning
- Have already issued 500 letters, certificates,
Annex IV - What weve learned
- - Requirements for product harvested prior to
2010 - Certification NOT an EC requirement
- Will issue letter or cert
- Demands for hard copy a requirement for EU
fleet, but not for us - Technical challenges
- DSFA/PDF
19IT Challenges
- New system for NMFS
- Bugs not all worked out yet
- Browser compatibility issues
- Initial Passwords
- Species list
- Product descriptions
- Timing out
- Naming saved certificates
- Ability to edit products
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20Enhancements Coming Soon!
- Ability to edit products
- Third-party billing
- Time-out warnings
- Supersede requests
- Ability to request any certificate from the
program - Searching and sorting capabilities
- All billing to be done through system
- Ability to link bills to certificates
- Custom reports
- What else would you like???
21Other Issues
- Cold storage holdings in China and Korea
- US-Russia
- FDA import alert re China
- US regulations regarding US imports and IUU
22For More Information
- http//www.seafood.nmfs.noaa.gov
Thank you!