Global: The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas sticks with status quo for tuna and swordfish management

Published 2023년 11월 21일

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The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting in Cairo, Egypt concluded with delays in implementing new management measures for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, and swordfish. ICCAT rolled over its existing management strategies for another year and will review various candidate management procedures in 2024. However, ICCAT did take action on species conservation measures, including adopting new protection measures for whales, dolphins, porpoises, whale sharks, and mobulid rays. They also reduced the quota for Atlantic blue shark and made amendments to port inspections and illegal fishing vessel-listing measures.

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The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting in Cairo, Egypt has come to a close, with a mix of conservation and management progress and status quo. Ahead of the meeting, which ran from 13 to 20 November, 2023, NGOs called for the commission to establish strategies to rebuild Atlantic bigeye tuna stock, maintain yellowfin tuna stocks within the total allowable catch (TAC), and establish a management procedure for skipjack tuna. On all of those measures, ICCAT rolled over the management it was already using, effectively delaying any changes in management for another year. In 2024, the TAC for bigeye will remain 62,000 metric tons (MT), and the TAC for yellowfin will remain at 110,000 MT. A restriction on fish-aggregation devices will also be rolled over into 2024. The RFMO also failed to take any direct action on the management of North Atlantic swordfish. NGOs like The Pew Charitable Trusts have been pushing ICCAT to adopt a harvest strategy ...

Source: Seafoodsource