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Fri, March 24, 2023 | 03:21
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EU to lift illegal fishing status
"EU, 韓 '예비 불법어업국' 지정해제 마무리 단계"
Posted : 2015-02-25 16:06
Updated : 2015-02-26 15:43
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By Lee Hyo-sik

The European Union (EU) will likely lift its designation of Korea as an illegal fishing country in late April, according to officials at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Wednesday.

A senior ministry official said the EU delegates, who are currently here for a meeting with their Korean counterparts, expressed satisfaction with a range of measures the government has taken since November 2013 when the EU named the country as a preliminary illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) nation.

The two sides held meetings in Seoul, Feb. 24 and 25, a final face-to-face encounter before the EU decides on Korea's illegal fishing status during its general assembly scheduled in late April.

"EU delegates gave high marks to our strenuous efforts to eradicate illicit fishing practices by local vessels," Yeon Yeong-jin, deputy minister for the ministry's marine policy office, told The Korea Times after Wednesday's meeting. "It is too early to say whether Korea will be taken off the list of illegal fishing countries. But our EU counterparts expressed optimism that the union of 28 European nations would clear Korea."

The Korea Times sought to obtain comments from members of the European delegation, led by Lowri Evans, director-general of the EU's Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MARE), on the issue, but could not because delegates were not allowed to talk to local media outlets under a pre-arrangement with the ministry.

Yeon said the government has met all the demands from the EU over the past two years, adding that it will continue to cooperate to introduce a standardized fishing log system and other measures to root out illegal fishing practices.

EU delegates will leave Korea today and report their findings to the MARE executive committee. The EU will then decide on Korea's status during its general assembly slated for late April.

Two years ago, the EU named Korea as a preliminary IUU nation, along with Ghana and Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles.

Korean fishing companies have been accused of repetitively engaging in illegal fishing in West African waters, while the fisheries ministry has been accused of being too lenient on the owners of the vessels.

Once officially designated as an IUU country, a nation faces substantial disadvantages in trade. In Korea's case, all fishery exports to EU nations, which amount to about $100 million a year, would be banned and Korean vessels' access to EU ports limited.

On Feb. 10, the United States removed Korea from its list of preliminary IUU nations after the government revised the Ocean Industry Development Act, which mandates deep-sea fishing boats to install a vessel monitoring system. The revised law also requires the establishment of a monitoring center in Busan.


"EU, 韓 '예비 불법어업국' 지정해제 마무리 단계"

해양수산부는 25일 '유럽연합(EU)이 우리나라를 '예비 불법어업(IUU)국'에서 지정해제하기 위한 마무리 절차에 돌입했다'고 밝혔다.

이날 오전 프레지던트 호텔에서 열린 유럽연합(EU)과의 양자회의에서 긍정적인 반응을 얻었다는 것이다.

해수부는 'EU 측이 우리 정부가 보인 기대 이상의 노력과 성과에 대해 만족감을 표하면서 불법어업국 지정 해제에 대해 낙관적인 입장을 보였다'면서 'EU측은 약 2개월간의 내부절차를 거쳐 최종결과를 발표할 예정'이라고 말했다.

해수부는 조업감시센터 운영, 어선위치추적장치 설치, 원양산업발전법 개정 등 불법어업 근절을 위한 우리측 노력을 설명했다.

EU는 2013년 11월 우리나라를 예비불법어업국으로 지정했으며 애초 지난해 9월께 최종 지정해제 여부를 결정할 예정이었으나 EU 집행위원회 교체 등으로 일정이 미뤄져왔다.

해수부 장관 후보자로 내정된 국회 외교통일위원회 유기준 위원장도 이날 EU측과 면담을 갖고 우리나라를 예비 불법어업국에서 해제해줄 것을 요청했다. (연합뉴스)
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