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System for tracking and verifying tuna.

Country/Territory
Document type
Regulation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Data collection/reporting Monitoring Marine fishes Certification Landing Transshipment Fish products Internal trade International trade Packaging/labelling Protection of species Marine mammals
Abstract

This Document of Parties to the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP) describes a system for tracking tuna caught in the Agreement Area by vessels fishing under the AIDCP. The sole purpose of this system is to enable dolphin safe tuna to be distinguished from non-dolphin safe tuna from the time it is caught to the time it is ready for retail sale. This system is based on the premise that dolphin safe tuna shall, from the time of capture, during unloading, storage, transfer, and processing, be kept separate from non-dolphin safe tuna. To this end the system shall be based on a Tuna Tracking Form (TTF) and additional verification procedures described in this document. The Secretariat shall be responsible for producing the TTFs. The Document sets out rules for unloading and transshipment of tuna. The Parties may establish tracking and verification procedures for storage, processing, and marketing of tuna and tuna products that best fit the business practices within their own territories, as long as those procedures include the prescribed requirements.

Full text
English
Website
www.iattc.org

References - Legislation

Amended by

AIDCP Resolution to revise the system for tracking and verifying tuna (A-15-01).

Legislation | 2015

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Data collection/reporting, Monitoring, Marine fishes, Protection of species, Marine mammals

Source: FAO, FAOLEX