activity that eventually leads to occurrences of seafood fraud. In efforts to conceal illegally
caught fish and to mislead authorities, fishers or supply chain middlemen may mislabel
catches or shipments of seafood products, indicating false species identities and/or origins
of catch. In this chapter, we define and describe IUU fishing as a concept, giving examples of
many different recognized forms of IUU fishing and the avoidance tactics that are often …