date:May 26, 2014
role within the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) which is responsible for managing this fishery, said Maria Damanaki (pictured), European commissioner for maritime affairs and fisheries. That helped to bring the Eastern Atlantic Bluefin tuna stock back from the brink of extinction. I am confident that we are on the right path.
This year, the number of purse seine vessels fishing for the tuna will go up, as will the E.U. quota, by 5 percent to 7.939 metric t