Resolution 23/04 On Establishing Catch Limits for Bigeye Tuna in the Area of IOTC Competence. Country/Territory Document type Regulation Date 2023 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Allocation/quota Enforcement/compliance Data collection/reporting Fishery management and conservation Fishing gear/fishing method Fishing vessel High seas Marine fisheries Marine fishes Precautionary principle Protection of species Total allowable catch Abstract This Resolution sets the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for bigeye tuna in accordance with the Management Procedure (MP) established by Resolution 22/03 On a management procedure for bigeye tuna in the IOTC area of competence. The table below paragraph 2 shows the annual catch limits to be applied in 2024 and 2025. Contracting Parties and Cooperating Non-Contracting Parties (CPCs) specifically referred to in the table are encouraged to keep their catch in 2024 below the annual catch limits. These CPCs shall submit a compliance table using the template in Annex 1 which includes current catches, balance, and adjusted catch limit to the IOTC Compliance Committee. CPCs that are not specifically referred to in the table of paragraph 2 are encouraged to maintain catch and effort at their recent 5-years average levels (2017-2021). CPCs shall not grant their consent as a flag CPC to a chartering agreement with CPCs and shall not export their flagged authorized fishing vessels to CPCs that object to this Resolution in accordance with Article IX, paragraph 5 of the IOTC Agreement. The IOTC Scientific Committee shall conduct a comparative analysis of the contribution of all fishing gears to the mortality of bigeye tuna, which shall include both absolute and relative contributions to mortality and stock depletion. Full text English Website iotc.org