ANALYSIS - The International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) is currently holding its annual
meeting in which the recovery plan for bluefin tuna is to be reviewed.
The current bluefin tuna management plan, which was adopted in 2010, is due to finish in 2013.
So
far, stock assessment for Atlantic bluefin tuna has shown some early
signs of recovery thanks to good management practice, but more data is
needed to understand the recovery trend.
Environmental groups,
WWF and Oceana, are calling on decision makers to follow ICCAT's
scientific advice to ensure the bluefin tuna quotas in the Eastern
Atlantic and the Mediterranean remain the same.
"ICCAT must keep
recovery ambitions high for the fragile bluefin tuna. Big achievements
are long in the making but in only an instant can
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