What caused Europe to ban the import of fish from Sri Lanka?

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2015-02
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Gunatilleke, Gehan
Nathaniel, Vidya
Mohammed, Rehana
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Verité Insights; Vol. 3, No. 1 - February 2015
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In January 2015, the European Commission banned the import of Sri Lankan fisheries products for violating guidelines on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing. This Insight suggests that the ban was triggered by the behaviour of a small number of very large Chinese vessels run by a BOI registered company in Sri Lanka.
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This was originally published in Daily FT under the title "What's fishy about the European ban on Sri Lankan fisheries" on 11th February 2015 and is available at: https://www.ft.lk/opinion/whats-fishy-about-the-european-ban-on-sri-lankan-fisheries/14-388551. The Sinhala version titled ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මත්ස්‍ය අපනයනය යුරෝපයේ තහනමට ලක් වූයේ ඇයි?, published in Mawbima in March 2015, and the Tamil version titled இலங்கையின் மீன்பிடி மீதான ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றியத் தடையின் பின்னணியில் காணப்படும் சந்தேகங்கள் யாவை? are also included here.
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