The overall objective of the study is to provide APEC economies with a better understanding of the scope of the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing problem in the Asia-Pacific region and to provide a basis for recommendations for minimizing IUU fishing and mitigating the impacts of this activity.

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Methodology
• IUU Fishing in the global context
• The nature and level of IUU fishing in the Asia-Pacific region
• The impacts of IUU fishing in the Asia-Pacific region
• Addressing IUU fishing
• Conclusions
• 8. Recommendations
• References
• Acronyms
• Annexes