Recommendation by ICCAT on Bluefin Tuna Farming (06-07). Country/Territory Document type Regulation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Aquaculture Mariculture Fish products International trade Fishery management and conservation Data collection/reporting Monitoring Abstract This Recommendation of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) concerns the increasing development of bluefin tuna farming activities, especially in the Mediterranean. It, among other things, imposes a requirement on Contracting Parties, Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities or Fishing Entities (CPCs) to - impose recording and reporting obligations on captains of vessels (including tugs and towing vessels) carrying out transfer operations of bluefin tuna for caging; set up and maintain a list of their flag vessels that fish for, provide or transport bluefin tuna for farming purposes, to implement specified control measures on bluefin tuna caging; ensure that exported farmed bluefin tuna products shall be accompanied by the ICCAT Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document. Full text English Website www.iccat.int