2022 ICCAT Position Statement (English)
Date Added: | October 31, 2022 |
Downloaded: | 89 times |
RMFOs: | ICCAT |
Tags: | Bycatch, Bycatch Mitigation, Capacity Management, Compliance, FADs, Harvest Strategies, ICCAT, MCS, RFMOs, Sharks, Tuna |
Language: | English |
Featured: | True |
activity_year: | 2022 |
Report Type: | Final |
Description
ISSF prepared this position statement for consideration at the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 23rd special meeting on November 14-21, 2022. The statement covers topics in these categories: tuna conservation; fish aggregating devices (FADs); harvest strategies; bycatch and sharks; monitoring, control, and surveillance; compliance; and capacity management.
The statement also includes ISSF’s top “asks” or requests of ICCAT, along with a list of ISSF’s global priorities for all RFMOs.
French and Spanish translations of this statement are available.