Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated (IUU) Fishing

Introduction

Illegal, unreported, unregulated (IUU) fishing represents one of the leading global maritime security threats confronting policymakers today (author’s note: This paper will utilize “IUU” as synonymous with “IUU fishing”). Despite this challenge, defense and law enforcement establishments have struggled to formulate effective solutions to address state sponsored IUU because it provides malign actors with plausible deniability and represents an activity with no clear use of force standard.