The European Union's system has been in place for 10 years. We are fortunate to be in a position where we can benefit from the lessons EU countries have learned over those 10 years. Naturally, the system wasn't perfect from day one. They made changes and learned a lot. We are very lucky that we can look to their model and benefit from the lessons they learned. If a union of 28 countries can figure these issues out, I think we can do the same here.
Under the regime, all seafood-importing countries require proof from the exporting countries that the products were harvested legally and in accordance with EU standards.
We could leverage that model. About 100 countries already comply with those standards given how much fish EU countries buy from other countries. We could impose the same requirements on countries whose products we import.