ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses whether such analysis of weak states and regulatory gaps is a fair assessment. It presents the role of governments in managing capture fisheries and aquaculture. The chapter considers governance arrangements that are designed to deal with transnational seafood management, in particular the Regional fisheries management organisations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the EU illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing regulation. IUU fishing is seen as an additional threat to fish stocks that are already under pressure. The Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement is part of the Agreement on Agriculture that was concluded within the WTO in 1995, and intends to distinguish between the justified use of trade-restrictive measures for human health and their unjustified use for reasons of protecting national interests. The WTO is the central multilateral institution in regulating international trade, subsidies, food safety requirements and many other issues related to importing and exporting goods and services.
