The Third Coral Triangle Fishers Forum Communiqué

We the participants of the Third Coral Triangle Fishers Forum:

• Acknowledging that Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing remains one of the challenges to sustainable fisheries in the CTI region
• Recognizing that digital, electronic or satellite-based technologies can be some of the measures to address IUU fishing.
• Accepting that fish catch documentation and traceability promotes sustainable fisheries and therefore contributes to combatting IUU fishing.
• Developing appreciation and noting that Fisheries Improvement Projects (FIPs) could be one of the broad-based participatory strategy for more responsible fishing and ecological well-being.
• Knowing that EAFM is the overarching framework adopted by the CTI to integrate combatting IUU, catch documentation and traceability schemes and other sustainable fishing practices.

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