Croatia Told To Halt Tuna Fishing For Rest Of The Year ff

From Javno

Croatia is a member of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna, which sets annual quotas for members.

Croatian fishermen have been told to stop catching blue fin tuna in the Adriatic until the end of the year because quotas have been met, the Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday.

”The ministry has decided to enforce a ban on tuna fishing with any tools from October 10 until the end of the year, because the quotas for 2008 have been met,” it said in a statement.

Croatia is a member of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna, which sets annual quotas for members, and the ministry said the quota for Croatia was 833 tons.

Tuna fishing has become big business in the Mediterranean and Croatia’s wild tuna is especially in demand in Japan, the biggest tuna market in the world.

Tuna stocks have been threatened by overfishing, and curbs have been imposed to try to revive them.