EU Firms Utilizing ‘Flags Of Convenience’ Undermine Tackling IUU Fishing Efforts

29 January 2026

EU citizens and companies own tuna and other fishing vessels that operate under non-EU flags, often called flags of convenience, (FoCs) allowing economic profits from potentially illegal fishing to flow back to the EU, despite the European bloc's stated zero-tolerance policy against this practice, says NGO Oceana. In...

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