Vanuatu National Plan of Action To Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing 2015.

Vanuatu’s National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (NPOA-IUU), has been developed in accordance with the related International Plan (IPOA-IUU) adopted in 2001 by the FAO of the United Nations (FAO). The International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IPOA-IUU) is a voluntary instrument developed by FAO, and adopted by COFI in 2001. The IPOA-IUU is one of four IPOAs that insert themselves within the framework of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF, 1995). The IPOA-IUU enunciates the principles and measures to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing, at the level of states, regional economic integration organizations and regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs). This document is divided in four parts; background information and definitions, a brief overview of the fisheries sector, fisheries conservation and management regulations, policies and practices with the ‘tool box’ of mechanisms provided in the IPOA-IUU, and a summary of supporting actions to enhance the overall objective of eradicating IUU fishing.