Legal Analysis & Research

Natural Justice Consulting is dedicated to providing tailored legal solutions that empower seafood organisations to navigate complex regulatory landscapes while advancing their missions towards more continuous improvement in seafood sustainability. With expertise spanning a wide array of legal specialties, we offer support to navigate the complexities of national, regional and international law. Trust Natural Justice Consulting to be your legal partner in safeguarding the future of sustainable seafood.

Our legal specialties include:

  1. National environmental legislation
  2. National Data Protection Laws
  3. European Law
  4. International Environmental Law
  5. International Trade Law, including WTO regulations
  6. International Investment Law
  7. International Human Rights Law
  8. International Labour Laws, including ILO conventions
  9. FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
  10. FAO Ecolabelling Guidelines

Examples of past and current work:

  • Fisheries Agreements between the European Union and West African States: its impact on food security and compliance with European and International law. Legal research at University of Amsterdam (2017)
  • Legal assessment of environmental laws impacting fish farming in EU, Madagascar, Kenya, Vietnam – Seafood Rating Programme “VISwijzer” (2018)
  • Article on the Council of Justice of the European Union on the Western Sahara (Case C-104/16 P)Oxford Public International Law
  • Legal assessment of labour laws in fisheries in Spain – Good Fish Foundation (2019)
  • Impact Analysis of MarinTrust activities, including comparison of IUU-regulations and laws on emissions with MarinTrust criteria – MarinTrust (2023)
  • Legal assessment on Public fishing vessel tracking and personal data protection, Global Fishing Watch (2023/2024)