Brussels, 01/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - On 30 May, the European Commission welcomed the results from the 20th Annual Meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) in La Réunion, France. It did, however, say that the compromise on reducing Fish Aggregating Devices (FAD) could have been more ambitious.
The EU admits that it was hoping for a more ambitious outcome on the conservation of yellowfin tuna, one of the main IOTC stocks. Purse seiners will reduce their catches by 15% percent in...