Term:
Flag hopping
Definition:
The practice of repeated and rapid changes of a vessel's flag for the purposes of circumventing conservation and management measures or provisions adopted at a national, regional or global level or of facilitating non-compliance with such measures or provisions.
Domain:
Fishery
Source:
FAO, International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, App.I, 2002 (http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/y1224e/y1224e00.HTM)
