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Spain achieves a 10% increase in the bluefin tuna quota by 2023

Tuna
Frozen Bigeye Tuna
Frozen Shark
Spain
Published Nov 23, 2022

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The Spanish fishing fleet will have a quota of 6,784 tons of bluefin tuna catch for the year 2023, which represents an increase of 10% compared to 2022, according to the agreement reached at the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) held between November 14 and 21 in Vila do Lobo (Portugal), in which the recovery of the reserves of this species has been verified.

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As a consequence of this good situation of bluefin tuna, ICCAT has adopted a management process with a mechanism that is based on a 3-year cycle, with a 60% probability that the state of the stock will be maintained. Overall, the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) is increased from 36,000 tons in 2022 to 40,570 tons by 2023. The European Union has 21,503 tons, 2,043 more than that arranged this year. Based on the distribution criteria of the European Union, the increase for Spain is 691 tons, pending the final adjustment in the TAC and Quotas. This increase responds to the demands of the sector after the recovery of the species as a result of the management plans undertaken in recent years. The ICCAT committee has decided to maintain the current regulation and TAC for bigeye tuna and tropical tuna in 2023, although the scientific committee has confirmed that it is slightly recovering from a situation of overexploitation. Thus, the allocation of quotas and the current measures to reduce ...
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