ICCAT Reports Stable Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Stocks

An agreement in principle on amendments to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Convention and establishing a multi-annual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean were among the 12 recommendations and resolutions adopted at the organization’s annual meeting on Nov. 19 in Croatia. “The Government of Canada is very pleased that an agreement in principle has been reached on amendments to the convention, which include ...