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exporter of processed product to the EU. Any increase in the supply of compliant Indonesian fish is
likely to be taken up by its own processing capacity, which is currently expanding once again. 231
Thailand and Philippines are currently major suppliers of processed tuna to the EU and would need
to secure their SPS-compliant raw material supplies from the WCPO. 232 The issue of the destination
of WCPO SPS-compliant fish now and in the future, and diversion of raw material from existing
markets, is discussed further in Section 6.
From early 2010 onwards, with the advent of the EU-IUU Fishing Regulation, vessels supplying fish to
the EU needed to be compliant with this regulation, as well as SPS requirements. Most countries
who are potential suppliers of raw material are on the list of states with EU-IUU Competent
Authorities (see previous section). However Vanuatu remains outside and unable to supply
compliant fish in EU-IUU terms, until such time that it establishes CAs for both EU-SPS and IUU
Fishing Regulations. It remains a major supplier of fish to Thailand. Most of the VU vessels in the
fleet (13 FSMA vessels, 3 of the 6 foreign bilateral) are relatively modern and as such, likely
technically compliant. Vanuatu are in the process of establishing the SPS CA within the Fisheries
Department, with designated officers and systems in place, with an audit and training scheduled for
October, but have encountered delays with enabling legislation.
233 Similarly, Vanuatu expressed in
the early stages of the entry into force of the EU IUU Regulation its desire to meet the requirements
of the EU IUU Regulation, but there still appear to be issues with Vanuatu’s open shipping registry. 234
RMI, also with an open registry, has similar issues in trying to establish an EU-IUU CA and may be
able to establish an additional Government-run fishing vessel registry operating separately from the
shipping registry.
Based on the favourable experience of PNG and other countries with implementing the EU-IUU
Regulation, this may not be an issue for most countries, but certainly will bring no more fish to the
table, underlining the fact that SPS compliance is a more significant issue than the IUU Fishing
Regulation for potential suppliers (and processors) to address.
231 Hamilton et al., 2011.
232 Estimated 200,000 mt in 2009.
233 H. Walton, FFA, pers. comm., September 2011
234 L. Rodwell, FFA, pers. comm., September 2011
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