15/07/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 14 July the European Commission adopted a proposal to transpose into EU law the control, conservation and management measures adopted by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), to which the EU has been a contracting party since 2006. The IATTC is the regional fisheries management organisation responsible for the management of tuna and tuna-like resources in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Union has on average three purse-seiners and some 30 longliners operating in the IATTC Convention area. The main stocks targeted by the EU fleet are tropical tunas and swordfish. Link to the proposal: https://bit.ly/32kiIu1 (LC)