World: Statement on 27th session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission

Published 2023년 5월 17일

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The 27th Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) concluded with a call for urgent measures to rebuild the region's yellowfin tuna stock, which has been overfished since 2015. The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) and Blue Marine Foundation expressed disappointment with the lack of new measures to address the issue. The EU's inflexibility was highlighted as a barrier to improved management of industrial fisheries. Evidence of non-compliance with IOTC Resolution 19/02 on drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) was submitted, and legal action against the European Commission is being supported. The organizations are pushing for the implementation of Resolution 23/02 to manage dFADs effectively.

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Statement on 27th Session of the IOTC. The 27th Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) concluded in Balaclava, Mauritius on Friday 12 May 2023. While there were some positive outcomes from the Session, including a new measure to reduce catches of the overfished bigeye tuna stock, the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) and Blue Marine Foundation are nonetheless very disappointed that no new measures were adopted to bring about the recovery of the region’s yellowfin tuna stock which has been overfished since 2015. A reduction in catches of 30% from 2020 levels is urgently needed to rebuild the yellowfin stock and, although there was an opportunity to address the issue of excessive juvenile harvests of both yellowfin and bigeye tuna driven by purse seine catches in association with drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs), the inflexibility of the EU scuppered any chance of improved management of these industrial fisheries. IPNLF submitted evidence to the ...

Source: Fish Focus