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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