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title: "Global review of IUU fishing available"
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# Global review of IUU fishing available

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing is known to cause high levels of seabird mortality, including of ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels in the Southern Ocean.

  A report* on IUU fishing by MRAG (the Marine Resources Assessment Group) and the University of British Columbia is now available at: [www.mrag.co.uk/Recent_Publications.htm](http://www.mrag.co.uk/Recent_Publications.htm). The April 2008 report reviews IUU fishing on a global scale, concluding that the total value of the estimated annual catch of 11-26 million tonnes is between US$10bn and US$23 bn.

  *Agnew D., Pearce, T, Peatman, T., Pitcher, T., & Ganapathiraju, P. 2008.  The global extent of illegal fishing.  MRAG & Fisheries Ecosystems Restoration Research, Fisheries centre, University of British Columbia. 32 pp.

  John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer

  Posted 11 May 2008