Tuna quotas cut as stocks decline

The annual catch of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean is to be cut by one fifth in an attempt to conserve dwindling stocks. The 42-nation International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat) agreed the quota cut at a meeting in Dubrovnik, Croatia, November 2006.

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas is an inter-governmental fishery organization responsible for the conservation of tunas and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas.

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) http://www.iccat.es/

European Commission: Press Release: IP/06/1632: Commission: "ICCAT decisive measures offer realistic chance for sustainable fisheries of bluefin tuna" http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1632&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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