On Thursday 21 April, the European Commission adopted a proposal to transpose into Community law a set of new rules recently issued by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
The proposal also amends the multi-annual management plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.
The proposal includes a number of provisions relating to ICCAT recommendations, such as: - for tropical tuna, capacity limitations, and prohibition of discards...