PEI Bluefin Tuna Quota to Climb 25% Next Year
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Journal Pioneer] December 20, 2017
Quota expected to climb about 25 per cent in 2018
A larger number of fishermen from Prince Edward Island’s Atlantic Bluefin tuna fleet is likely to get in on a tag reallocation next year, suggests the chairman of the P.E.I. Fishermen Association’s tuna advisory committee.
Kenny Drake is applauding a decision from the recent International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meetings in Marrakesh, Morocco to increase the Western Atlantic bluefin allocation next year.
The overall allocation for the western Atlantic, which ...
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