Japan to enforce hard TAC on Southern Bluefin Tuna
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Yomiuri Shimbun] - January 31, 2017
The Fisheries Agency plans to control catches of Pacific bluefin tuna, a fish species under threat of extinction, by applying the total allowable catch (TAC) system with a legal clause that would impose penalties on violators, sources close to the issue said.
Under the TAC system, the agency will decide in advance on volumes of Pacific bluefin tuna fishermen will be allowed to catch to control the marine resource.
The total allowable catch system sets limits on annual catch volumes in advance to control marine resources. Japan introduced the system in 1997. Currently, seven species — saury, Alaska pollack, horse mackerel, sardines, chub and spotted mackerel, Japanese common squid and snow crab — are subject to the system. The...
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