US: The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) urged to curtail yellowfin tuna overfishing at an upcoming meeting

Published 2024년 5월 13일

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The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) is under pressure to address the issue of overfishing of yellowfin tuna, with groups such as the Global Tuna Alliance and the Pew Charitable Trusts calling for a reduction in the total allowable catch. The IOTC has previously failed to agree on quotas for skipjack or yellowfin tuna, and the failure to meet a 2021 resolution to rebuild the yellowfin tuna stock has been criticized. The Global Tuna Alliance is advocating for a 30% reduction in the catch levels of yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean, while the Pew Charitable Trusts are pushing for an end to yearly negotiations of yellowfin catch limits and the immediate reduction of these limits to end overfishing.

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As the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) meets in Bangkok, Thailand, for its 28th session taking place 13 to 18 May, multiple industry groups and NGOs are urging the commission to tackle overfishing of yellowfin tuna. The IOTC has been pressured to reduce the total allowable catch for yellowfin tuna for years, and at its 2023 meeting, the committee again failed to reach an agreement on skipjack or yellowfin tuna quotas, or on drifting fish aggregate devices (dFADs). The failure brought heavy criticism from multiple groups, and was in spite of a resolution in June 2021 to rebuild the yellowfin tuna stock. Now, groups like the Global Tuna Alliance and the Pew Charitable Trusts are calling for the regional fishery management organization (RFMO) to finally make a plan to rebuild the stock. Yellowfin tuna was first declared overfished in 2015, and since that time, the stock has continued to be overfished, the Global Tuna Alliance said.GTA was formed in 2019, and was created to push ...

Source: Seafoodsource