The 'Blue Amazon' is not intended to create a sort of dispute with the Green Amazon. [...] What we intend is to draw attention of the Brazilian society to another immense area for which we also have an obligation to care, and which deserves similar concern, given its strategic and economic importance. 1 -Roberto de Guimarães Carvalho 1 "A Amazônia Azul não tem como propósito criar uma espécie de disputa com a Amazônia verde [. . .] O que pretendemos é chamar a atenção da sociedade brasileira para uma outra imensa área pela qual também temos obrigação de zelar e que deveria merecer os mesmos cuidados e preocupações, tal a sua importância estratégica e econômica".

One of the major challenges of the International Law of the Sea (LOS) is the overexploitation of fisheries worldwide. According to recent data, approximately 75% of the world's fisheries are either over or fully exploited, mainly due to illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing. In order to tackle IUU fishing, a wide historical comprehension of the problem is provided in this paper, together with an investigation on the emergence of a new and integrated approach to the issue of IUU fishing. For that, the Advisory Opinion on flag state responsibility rendered by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) of April 2015 is herein analyzed. Based on primary international sources, such as the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and on specific case law, this paper aims at pinpointing the relevant role of the Tribunal in setting higher protective parameters for fisheries within the LOS. In an effort to overcome traditional approaches, the Tribunal is encrusting the environmental principle of "due diligence" in its decisions and, therefore, contributing to a fructiferous interaction between the LOS and international environmental law. Finally, the article also notes that the international society still needs to undertake reform and implementation efforts, if illegal fishing is to be overcome.

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