by Bibiana | Nov 13, 2023 | News
The International Commission for the conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is holding its 24th extraordinary meeting in New Cairo, Egypt, from November 13th to 20th. Tropical tuna management, bigeye tuna allocation and FAD measures will concentrate the attention....
by Bibiana | Aug 3, 2023 | News
On Monday, July 31st, 2023, the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), Sustainable Indian Ocean Tuna Initiative (SIOTI), and the Spanish Association of Tuna Freezers (AGAC) have united to launch the innovative FAD Watch Project. This collaborative effort aims to prevent...
by Bibiana | May 15, 2023 | News
IOTC, which 27th session took place in Mauritius from May 8th to 12th, adopted by consensus 9 resolutions, notably on bigeye tuna, electronic monitoring system and cetaceans. The adoption of catch reductions for bigeye as requested by the Scientific Committee of the...
by Bibiana | Apr 18, 2023 | News
On April 12th, representatives of COMHAFAT met with EUROPECHE TUNA GROUP to discuss tropical tuna fisheries issues: management of tropical tuna species in the Atlantic, resource sharing, technical measures on FADs, African sailors on-board purse seiners, local...
by Bibiana | Mar 14, 2023 | News
During the 6th Special Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) that took place on February 3-5th in Mombasa, Kenya, a vote validated a new conservation and management measure against drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (DFADs). Out of the total 30 IOTC...
