The emergence of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as a policy issue over the past two decades has galvanised efforts to advance the regulation of high seas fishing to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of fishery resources. This process enabled the introduction of environmental provisions into international trade under the guise of ensuring the lawful sourcing of seafood. This has proven more acceptable to the trade regime than bans on unsustainably harvested seafood. The European Union and the United States have led the establishment of legality as a proxy for different environmental and social accountability concerns and have implemented unilateral trade measures to prevent seafood sourced from IUU fishing from entering their markets through traceability schemes. Although the EU and US are huge markets, the ultimate success of such measures in reducing IUU fishing lies in their take up in other countries and the potential for harmonisation at the supra-state level. This research has explored the potential for implementation of anti-IUU trade measures in Australia through discourse analysis of semi-structured interviews and public policy documents. Our findings show that there is very limited potential for anti-IUU fishing trade measures in Australia due to socio-specific constructions of IUU and of fisheries management. These findings are relevant for the potential policy diffusion of anti-IUU trade measures in market states.

在过去的二十年中，非法，不报告，不管制捕鱼作为政策问题的出现促使人们为加强对公海捕鱼的管制作出了努力，以确保养护和可持续利用渔业资源。这一过程使人们能够以确保合法采购海鲜为幌子将环境规定引入国际贸易。与禁止不可持续收获的海产品的禁令相比，这已被贸易制度所接受。欧盟和美国已领导建立合法性，以替代对环境和社会责任的不同关切，并已采取单方面贸易措施，以防止源自非法，不报告和不管制捕鱼的海产品通过可追溯性计划进入其市场。尽管欧盟和美国是巨大的市场，此类措施在减少非法，不报告和不管制捕捞方面的最终成功取决于在其他国家采取的措施以及在超州一级进行协调的潜力。这项研究通过对半结构化访谈和公共政策文件进行话语分析，探索了在澳大利亚实施反IUU贸易措施的潜力。我们的发现表明，由于针对IUU的社会特定结构和渔业管理，澳大利亚针对IUU捕捞贸易措施的潜力非常有限。这些发现与反IUU贸易措施在市场国家的潜在政策传播有关。这项研究通过对半结构化访谈和公共政策文件进行话语分析，探索了在澳大利亚实施反IUU贸易措施的潜力。我们的研究结果表明，由于针对IUU的社会特定结构和渔业管理，澳大利亚针对IUU捕捞贸易措施的潜力非常有限。这些发现与反IUU贸易措施在市场国家的潜在政策传播有关。这项研究通过对半结构化访谈和公共政策文件进行话语分析，探索了在澳大利亚实施反IUU贸易措施的潜力。我们的发现表明，由于针对IUU的社会特定结构和渔业管理，澳大利亚针对IUU捕捞贸易措施的潜力非常有限。这些发现与反IUU贸易措施在市场国家的潜在政策传播有关。