EU acts on illegal fishing: Yellow card issued to Thailand while South Korea & Philippines are cleared
date: 22/04/2015
After a thorough analysis and a series of discussions with Thai authorities since 2011, the Commission has denounced the country's shortcomings in its fisheries monitoring, control and sanctioning systems and concludes that Thailand is not doing enough. The decision of the Commission to show a yellow card starts a formal procedure of dialogue with the Thai authorities to make them take the necessary corrective measures. They will be given six months to implement a corrective tailor-made action plan.
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