26/06/2023 (Agence Europe) – The EU Council of Ministers adopted without debate, on Monday 26 June, the new regulation on the multi-annual management plan for bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean (see EUROPE 13170/38). In certain circumstances, the management plan provides for the release of bluefin tuna. It requires the discard of quantities of bluefin tuna from fishing vessels, including recreational ones that exceed the allocated quota of the vessel, and/or the maximum level of permitted by-catches. Bluefin tuna caught on board vessels that are below the minimum conservation reference size will also have to be discarded, with the exception of a given limit of tolerance established by Member States in their annual fishing plans. Link to text: https://aeur.eu/f/7qv (LC)