date:Jul 25, 2014
States. They are updating their legal framework to include the fight against illegal fishing, improving their control and monitoring systems and taking a proactive role vis--vis international law and rules of the Regional Fisheries Management Organisations.
Clearly, however, the adoption and implementation of new rules take time.
This extension is the result of collaborative work between the Commission and the countries in question. Since the warning the Commission has kept the dialogue open,