Toothfish TACS to be set in Oct. with bulk of 2014/15 fishing to get going in fourth quarter
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Michael Ramsingh - September 2, 2014
Coming up in October the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Resources (CCAMLR) will meet to hash out TACs for toothfish fisheries that fall under the Commission's regulatory scope. Since a majority of the region's catch comes from fisheries that will get underway in the fourth quarter, following is a rundown of some of the driving forces behind toothfish stock management along with how the fishery performed under these regulations during the 2013/14 fishing season.
There are 13 toothfish fisheries that fall under the CCAMLAR’s management jurisdiction; another five fisheries fall under the management scope of EEZ’s in Argentina, Australia, Chile and the Falkland Islands/Isles Malvinas – the TAC for the combined fisheries was 23,991 tons during the 2013/14 fishing season, representing virtually the total availability of legal toothfish. Members of the Coalition of Legal Toothfish Operators (COLTO) caught about 80 percent of this TAC...
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