Estonia

Last updated 21/05/10

Key Data

Port visits by

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*Port visits of vessels IUU-listed by RFMOs the country is a CP of at the time of port visit

**Port visits of vessels IUU-listed by RFMOs the country is not CP of at the time of port visit

Overview

Port Visits - Summary

Agreements and RFMO Memberships

Ratified international agreements (binding)

UNCLOS Yes
UNFSA Yes
FAO Compliance Agreement Yes*

* By virtue of the EC agreement to the FAO Compliance Agreement and the European Community Action Plan for the eradication of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Non-binding international agreements

NPOA - IUU Yes*

* By virtue of the EC agreement to the FAO Compliance Agreement and the European Community Action Plan for the eradication of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Membership of key high seas RFMOs

RFMO Date Joined
CCAMLR 21-May-82
CCSBT 13-Oct-06
GFCM 25-Jun-98
IATTC

Jun-04

ICCAT 14-Nov-97
IOTC 27-Oct-95
NAFO 31-Aug-92
NEAFC 7-Apr-04
SEAFO 8-Aug-02
WCPFC 20-Jan-05

Legend

MemberCo-operating Non-memberNon-member
Country map showing port locations

Results

Information from the publicly available online databases maintained by Lloyd’s Register – Fairplay (Sea-web) and Lloyd’s MIU shows five visits by two IUU-listed vessels to three ports in Estonia (Kopli - Port of Tallinn, Tallinn and Bekkeri). Four of the visits were by the reefer Cliff in 2005. In October 2006, the IUU-listed trawler-turned-reefer Pavlovsk arrived in Tallinn from Norway and was detained by the Estonian authorities. When the vessel left Estonia in 2008 it was delisted by NEAFC. The four port visits by Cliff are considered to be potential violations of NEAFC port State measures, and the visit by Pavlovsk was addressed by a port State action. Estonia is a CP to CCAMLR, ICCAT, IOTC, NEAFC, NAFO, SEAFO, WCPFC and GFCM and a Cooperating Non-CP to CCSBT and IATTC by virtue of the EU membership of these bodies. Estonia became a member of the European Union on 1 May 2004.