RT Journal Article
T1 Towards an international legal definition of the notion of fisheries crime
A1 Jorge Urbina, Julio
K1 Criminal sanctions
K1 Fisheries crime
K1 IUU fishing
K1 Principle of legality
K1 Spanish law
AB Over recent years, importance has been attributed to the application of criminal sanctions in the fight against IUU fishing due to the seriousness of the threat it represents for the conservation of marine living resources. This trend towards the criminalisation of certain activities related with IUU fishing has given rise to the appearance of the notion of fisheries crime, which is increasingly employed in certain international forums. However, from a legal point of view, this term does not define a new type of crime applicable to fisheries activity. Rather, it seeks to demonstrate that certain fishing-related offences are criminal in nature. Thus, it is important to define the scope of this notion of fisheries crime in order to determine what criminal offences are included within this category. Depending on its degree of connection with fisheries activity, fisheries crime covers three separate categories of crimes: the crime of illegal fishing, illicit fisheries-related crimes and crimes committed in the context of the fisheries sector
PB Elsevier
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29159
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29159
LA eng
NO Marine Policy  144 (2022) 105214
NO This work has received financial support from the State Reseach Agency, Spain' Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain' (DOI: 10.13039/501100011033) within the framework of the research project “The implementation of SDG 14 in Spain and the EU: regulatory challenges for international cooperation and maritime security (ESPODS14)” (PID2019–109680RB-I00)
DS Minerva
RD 25 abr 2026