Following negotiations at the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), which took place in Marrakesh, Morocco, from 14 to 22 November, fishing quotas for Bluefin tuna have been increased by 50% over the next three years (see EUROPE 11878).
Total allowable catches (TACs) for Bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean have been set at 28,200 tonnes in 2018. This is a provisional agreement taken in advance of further...