European Parliament adopts new rules for tuna fishing in the Indian Ocean

Published 2022년 10월 7일

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The European Parliament has approved new rules for tuna fishing in the Indian Ocean, which will transpose all conservation and management measures of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) since 2008 into EU legislation. The rules include a ban on fishing near data buoys, data collection and reporting obligation concerning billfish and blue shark, and measures to protect certain species such as shark, rays and turtles. The Council will now have to agree with the text, which will then enter into force. The EU fleet caught 217 000 tonnes of fish in the western Indian Ocean in 2020, with Spain, France, Italy, and Portugal being the main contributors.

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European Parliament adopts new rules for tuna fishing in the Indian Ocean. The European Parliament approved report on tuna fishing measures in the Indian Ocean with 596 votes against 4 and 22 abstentions. The text agreed on with the Council should transpose all conservation and management measures of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) since 2008 into EU legislation. As in other similar cases, the European Commission has requested the power to adopt delegated acts to ensure transposition of the technical rules. The EU has been a contracting party of the IOTC since 1995 and the EU fleet is among top three fleets fishing in the area, mainly for tropical tuna species. The proposed text concerns a wide range of measures such as ban on fishing near data buoys, data collection and reporting obligation concerning billfish and blue shark and measures to protect certain species such as shark, rays and turtles. Following the vote, the EP Rapporteur Gabriel Mato (EPP, Spain) said: ...

Source: Fish Focus