IUU Fishing Index
part of Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
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The IUU Fishing Index was launched in early 2019 as a way of benchmarking and
ranking countries for their vulnerability to, prevalence of and response to illegal,
unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The dedicated IUU Fishing Index website
provides maps to visualize scores by indicator type and
responsibility. Individual country profiles provide scores for each indicator for the
country concerned and show how the country’s scores compare with the average
scores for the region and the ocean basin(s) in which the country is located.
The IUU Fishing Index provides a measure of the degree to which states are exposed to and effectively combat IUU fishing. The Index provides an IUU fishing score for all coastal states of between 1 and 5 (1 being the best, and 5 the worst). The Index allows countries to be benchmarked and ranked, and assessed for their vulnerability, prevalence and response to IUU fishing.
The Index has been developed by Poseidon Aquatic Resource Management Ltd., a fisheries and aquaculture consultancy company working globally, and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, a Geneva-based NGO network of experts working on human rights, democracy, governance, and development issues where organized crime has become increasingly pertinent.
