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The IUU Fishing Risk Index Report provides a summary of the results of the Index and discusses their implications;

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Coastal score 3.13 -0.06

Coastal score by Vulnerability 4.83 0.00

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2023

2021

2021-2023
change

2019

Size of EEZ

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Agreement over all maritime boundaries

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Dependency on fish for protein

4.0
4.0
0.0
4.0

Authorise foreign vessels to operate in EEZ

5.0
5.0*
0.0
5.0

* indicates that scores from the 2021 version of the Index have been used due to 2023 data not being available

Coastal score by Prevalence 3.20 -0.20

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2021

2021-2023
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2019

Has MSC-certified fisheries

2.0
4.0
-2.0
2.0

Views of MCS practitioners on coastal compliance incidents

4.0
3.0
1.0
5.0

Coastal score by Response 1.00 0.00

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2023

2021

2021-2023
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2019

Coastal State is contracting party or cooperating non-contracting party to all relevant RFMOs

1.0
1.0
0.0
1.0

Operate a national VMS/FMC centre

1.0
1.0*
0.0
1.0

* indicates that scores from the 2021 version of the Index have been used due to 2023 data not being available

Flag score 4.21 -0.08

Flag score by Vulnerability 5.00 0.00

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2023

2021

2021-2023
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2019

Distant water vessels on RFMO RAVs

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Distant water vessels under several RFMOs

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Flag score by Prevalence 5.00 0.00

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2023

2021

2021-2023
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2019

Vessels on IUU lists

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

View of fisheries observers on flag state compliance incidents

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Views of MCS practitioners on flag state compliance incidents

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Flag score by Response 2.89 -0.22

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2023

2021

2021-2023
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2019

Accepted FAO Compliance Agreement

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Registered vessels with foreign or unknown ownership  

2.0
2.0
0.0
n/av

Provision of vessel data for inclusion in Global Record

1.0
1.0
0.0
5.0

Compliance with RFMO flag state obligations

5.0
5.0
0.0
4.0

Flag State is contracting party or cooperating non-contracting party to all relevant RFMOs

1.0
2.0
-1.0
3.0

  Indicator “Authorised vessel data provided to FAO HSVAR” used in 2019 has now changed to “Registered vessels with foreign or unknown ownership”.

Port score 4.33 -0.67

Port score by Vulnerability 5.00 0.00

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2023

2021

2021-2023
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2019

Number of fishing ports

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Port visits by foreign fishing or carrier vessels

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Port score by Prevalence 5.00 0.00

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2023

2021

2021-2023
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2019

Views of MCS practitioners on port compliance incidents

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

View of fisheries observers on port compliance incidents

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Port score by Response 3.50 -1.50

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2023

2021

2021-2023
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2019

Party to the PSMA

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Designated ports specified for entry by foreign vessels

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Compliance with RFMO port state obligations

1.0
5.0
-4.0
3.0

General score 3.20 0.00

General score by Vulnerability 3.22 0.00

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2023

2021

2021-2023
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2019

Trade balance for fisheries products

1.0
1.0
0.0
2.0

Share of global imports

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Perception of levels of corruption

3.0
3.0
0.0
3.0

Gross national income per capita

2.0
2.0
0.0
3.0

Volume of catches

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

General score by Prevalence 3.57 0.57

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2023

2021

2021-2023
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2019

Carded' under the EU IUU Regulation

1.0
1.0
0.0
1.0

Identified' by NOAA for IUU fishing

4.0
2.0
2.0
1.0

Mentions of IUU fishing in media reports

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

General score by Response 3.00 -0.29

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2021

2021-2023
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2019

Mandatory vessel tracking for commercial seagoing fleet

1.0
1.0*
0.0
1.0

Demand for MSC products

4.0
4.0
0.0
4.0

Ratification/accession of UNCLOS Convention

1.0
1.0
0.0
1.0

Ratification/accession of UNFSA

5.0
5.0
0.0
5.0

Mentions in media reports to combatting IUU fishing

2.0
2.0
0.0
2.0

Have a NPOA-IUU

5.0
5.0*
0.0
5.0

Market State is contracting party or cooperating non-contracting party to relevant RFMOs

3.0
5.0
-2.0
5.0

* indicates that scores from the 2021 version of the Index have been used due to 2023 data not being available

Africa

Algeria Angola Benin Cameroon Cape Verde Comoros Isl. Congo (DRC) Congo, R. of Cote d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Liberia Libya Madagascar Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Sao Tome & Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia

Asia

Bangladesh Brunei Darussalam Cambodia China India Indonesia Japan Korea (North) Korea (Rep. South) Malaysia Maldives Myanmar Pakistan Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam

Caribbean & Central America

Antigua & Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Trinidad & Tobago

Europe

Albania Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Ukraine United Kingdom

Middle East

Bahrain Georgia Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey United Arab Emirates Yemen

North America

Canada USA

South America

Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Oceania

Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Marshall Isl. Micronesia (FS of) Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Isl. Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu