New Atlantic bluefin tuna assessment shows stunning improvement in abundance
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Saving Seafood] - October 30, 2014 -
When ICCAT convenes its annual meeting in Genoa, Italy on November 10, 2014. The most important item on the meeting's agenda will be a stunning increase in abundance of this iconic fish on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Standing Committee for Research and Statistics (SCRS) reported that west Atlantic bluefin biomass has increased significantly each year since 2009 and stated that present data on the west Atlantic stock validates that it is not "overfished" and "overfishing" is not occurring.
The SCRS report stated that an increase in quota, up to 2,250 mt from its presently level of 1,750 mt, is consistent with ongoing ICCAT management objectives. According to the stock assessment, 3,050 mt is the new estimated maximum sustainable yield for the west Atlantic bluefin stock and it is up from the prior level of 2,582 mt in the 2010 stock assessment...
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