The 20th Annual Meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), hosted by the EU in La Réunion, concluded with agreements on a number of new management measures for the region’s tuna fisheries.
Overall, the EU has welcomed the outcome of the meeting, in particular the adoption of several of its proposals, such as a pilot project for a regional observer scheme, the implementation of electronic Port State measures, an incentive scheme for better catch data reporting (“no-data no-fish” …
