MINISTERIO
DE AGRICULTURA, PESCA
Y ALIMENTACIÓN
SECRETARÍA
GENERAL DE PESCA
MARÍTIMA
THE DEVELOPMENT AND ENFORCEMENT
OF NATIONAL PLANS TO PREVENT,
DETER AND ELIMINATE IUU FISHING:
THE SPANISH CASE
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DE AGRICULTURA, PESCA
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION
 FAO INTERNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION TO COMBAT IUU
FISHING.
 SPANISH NATIONAL PLAN TO PREVENT, DETER AND
ELIMINATE IUU FISHING.
 SPECIES OF MAJOR INTEREST TO SPAIN: SWORDFISH,
BLUEFIN TUNA, BIGEYE TUNA.
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION
 FIGHTING AGAINST IUU FISHING REQUIRES GLOBAL
APPROACH.
 SPANISH IUU PLAN INCLUDES MEASURES CONCERNING:
 STATE RESPONSABILITIES
 COASTAL STATE MEASURES
 PORT STATE MEASURES
 MARKET RELATED MEASURES
 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
 COOPERATION WITH RFMO’S
 COOPERATION WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUMENTS
 ACT 3/2001 ON MARINE FISHERIES
- regulates fisheries, management of the fishing sector and
trade of fish products.
- Port State control as a priority: third country fish products
cannot be unloaded/imported without priori authorisation from
Fisheries and Customs Departments.
 ROYAL DECREE 1797/1999
- monitors fishing operations by third country vessels in
Spanish waters.
- refusal of landings or Port access in the event of violation of
measures adopted by RFMO’s or coastal States.
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LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUMENTS
 ROYAL DECREE 1134/2002
- regulates activities of Spanish physical or legal persons
linked to third country vessels in the event of non compliance
with international management measures.
- if the flag State has not reacted promptly, sanctions foreseen
in Act 3/2001 will be applicable.
- Spanish officers in command of fishing vessels must notify
that they are serving on board a third country vessel.
- refusal of landings, transhipments or imports if vessel is
identified by RFMO’s as IUU vessel.
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LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUMENTS
 ROYAL DECREE 176/2003
- regulates control and inspection of all fishing operations.
- enhances powers of inspectors during their inspection
activities, extended to imports by land, air or sea.
 ORDER OF 12 NOVEMBER 1998
- requires all vessels over 24 m to carry a Vessel Monitoring
System with 24 hour tracking capabilities (1,700 vessels in
2002, 3,000 by 2005) .
- VMS data are systematically used for control and sanctioning
purposes.
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LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUMENTS
 ROYAL DECREE 2287/1998
- prevents Spanish companies from re-flagging to third
countries not complying with internationally agreed
conservation and management measures.
- re-flagging to any of the 48 States or territories listed as tax
havens is prohibited.
 ROYAL DECREE 601/1999
- prohibits receiving public subsidies to Spanish companies
establishing in third countries not co-operating with in the
conservation of marine resources.
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LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUMENTS
 ROYAL DECREE 3448/2000
- prohibits public subsidies in the absence of guarantees of
respect to internationally agreed conservation and
management measures as well as to working conditions of
crew members.
 ROYAL DECREES 331/1999 AND 1308/2002
- all fresh and frozen fish products must be labelled with
indication of species, origin of catch and dispatcher throughout
the distribution chain, thus facilitating control.
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ENFORCEMENT
 CUTTING ACCESS TO MARKETS
 IMPLEMENTING MCS SCHEMES IN RFMO’S
 ADOPTION OF DOCUMENTATION SCHEMES FOR MAIN
SPECIES
 DRAFTING OF “POSITIVE” LISTS OF VESSELS IN RFMO’S
 CONTROL
IMPORTS
OF
LANDINGS,
TRANSHIPMENTS
AND
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ENFORCEMENT
 IMPORTANCE OF ACTING IN A CO-ORDINATED MANNER
 IDENTIFICATION OF VESSELS
 DETERMINING OWNERSHIP OF VESSELS
 VESSEL LAUNDERING
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ENFORCEMENT
 SPANIARDS EMPLOYED ON FLAG OF CONVENIENCE
VESSELS
 FLOW
OF
CHANNELS
INFORMATION
THROUGH
OFFICIAL
 POLITICAL WILLINGNESS AND ADEQUATE RESOURCES
 BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL COOPERATION