IATTC takes two steps forward, one back
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SCOM] July 28, 2014
Susan Jackson, Victor Restrepo and Pable Guerrero posted the ISSF's reaction to the decisions at the recently concluded meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, the oldest established Regional fishery management assocation for tuna.
Susan Jackson, ISSF President, said "While a number of proposals that ISSF and WWF consider important were not adopted – or were deferred to an Extraordinary Meeting of the Commission that is planned for October – the IATTC did agree on measures in three areas that are significant steps forward."
The adopted proposals represent small incremental, but needed, improvements. They include:
-Management strategy evaluation for albacore and tropical tuna. The ISSF has strongly urged the IATTC to adopt harvest control rules
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