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illegalities within the fishing industry .
In March of 2015 , the task force followed up with a comprehensive report detailing a set of 15 recommendations for concrete steps to combat illegal , unreported and unregulated ( IUU ) fishing and seafood fraud .
“ We definitely applaud the steps that the administration is taking to combat IUU fishing and seafood fraud ,” said Lora
Snyder of Oceana . “ The process that they are going on for their traceability program is to determine at-risk species , so they ’ ve come out with a proposed list of at-risk species that will be in the initial phase to require traceability from the point of catch to the first point of sale in the U . S . We think this is a good first step .” Nevertheless , change is just beginning and the seafood industry still has a long
Since the IUU Regulation entered into force in 2010 , it has had a far-reaching impact on the fight against IUU fishing
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