– Monitoring of species included in the agreement in order to provide sound
scientific advice for decision-making and evaluating the compliance of resolution
and recommendations
– Enforcement measures for the compliance of the agreement
– Management measures designed to reduce bycatch
– A set of management measures, mainly consisting of output limits and fishing
effort restrictions for the main species: swordfish, albacore, bluefin tuna, and
billfish.
Among other measures, ICCAT is currently implementing two multi-annual
(15 years) recovery plans in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean for bluefin
tuna (2007–2022) and swordfish (2017–2031) with the goal of achieving the biomass corresponding to the maximum sustainable yield (B MSY ) with at least a 60%
probability. Table 22.1 shows the main management measures that implement both
recovery plans. ICCAT specifies some management measures, and state parties
detail further some others. Individual fishing quotas are allocated, in the case of
the bluefin tuna fishery, for vessels of more than 24 m; however, the management
approach is only partially market-based, and its characteristics are closer to a
Table 22.1 Main management measures of ICCAT bluefin tuna and swordfish recovery multiannual plans
Type of
management
measure
Bluefin tuna (2007–2022)
Swordfish (2017–2031)
Output
controls
TAC (T): 28,200 (2018)–32,240
(2019)–36,000 (2020)
Individual fishing quota for vessels
over 24 m
TAC (T): 10,500 (2017)–10,185
(2018)–9880 (2019)–9583 (2020)
Input controls
– Limited license program for vessels
and traps
– Annual fishing capacity management
plan
– Measures for the adjustment of
farming capacity
– Aerial means prohibited
– Limited license program for vessels
– Capacity increasing restrictions
– Technical characteristics of longlines restrictions
Transshipments at sea operations prohibited
Technical
measures
– Closures (several months) depending
on fishing gear
– Bluefin tuna weighing less than 30 kg
or with fork length less than 115 cm
– Closure (3 months)
– Swordfish measuring less than
100 cm LJFL or, in alternative,
weighing less than 11.4 kg of round
weight or 10.2 kg of gilled and gutted
weight
Source: Own elaboration based on recommendations ICCAT/17/07 and ICCAT/16/05
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scientific advice for decision-making and evaluating the compliance of resolution
and recommendations
– Enforcement measures for the compliance of the agreement
– Management measures designed to reduce bycatch
– A set of management measures, mainly consisting of output limits and fishing
effort restrictions for the main species: swordfish, albacore, bluefin tuna, and
billfish.
Among other measures, ICCAT is currently implementing two multi-annual
(15 years) recovery plans in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean for bluefin
tuna (2007–2022) and swordfish (2017–2031) with the goal of achieving the biomass corresponding to the maximum sustainable yield (B MSY ) with at least a 60%
probability. Table 22.1 shows the main management measures that implement both
recovery plans. ICCAT specifies some management measures, and state parties
detail further some others. Individual fishing quotas are allocated, in the case of
the bluefin tuna fishery, for vessels of more than 24 m; however, the management
approach is only partially market-based, and its characteristics are closer to a
Table 22.1 Main management measures of ICCAT bluefin tuna and swordfish recovery multiannual plans
Type of
management
measure
Bluefin tuna (2007–2022)
Swordfish (2017–2031)
Output
controls
TAC (T): 28,200 (2018)–32,240
(2019)–36,000 (2020)
Individual fishing quota for vessels
over 24 m
TAC (T): 10,500 (2017)–10,185
(2018)–9880 (2019)–9583 (2020)
Input controls
– Limited license program for vessels
and traps
– Annual fishing capacity management
plan
– Measures for the adjustment of
farming capacity
– Aerial means prohibited
– Limited license program for vessels
– Capacity increasing restrictions
– Technical characteristics of longlines restrictions
Transshipments at sea operations prohibited
Technical
measures
– Closures (several months) depending
on fishing gear
– Bluefin tuna weighing less than 30 kg
or with fork length less than 115 cm
– Closure (3 months)
– Swordfish measuring less than
100 cm LJFL or, in alternative,
weighing less than 11.4 kg of round
weight or 10.2 kg of gilled and gutted
weight
Source: Own elaboration based on recommendations ICCAT/17/07 and ICCAT/16/05
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