The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) took a first step on Monday, November 25, to better protect bigeye tuna in the Atlantic by reducing catches for two years, but failed to reach agreement on the management of shortfin mako shark stocks.
The bigeye tuna population is in poor shape: it is a commodity appreciated in both canned and sashimi products, is overfished and suffers from high juvenile tuna mortality.
In 2018, ICCAT had failed to reduce bigeye...