Oceana faults EU for mismanaging Mediterranean swordfish as ICCAT meeting approaches
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SCOM] - October 16, 2014 -
As ICCAT gears up to meet this November in Genoa to discuss bluefin tuna, swordfish, and sharks, Oceana in Europe is blaming the EU for not taking measurable action to help recover Mediterranean swordfish.
Mediterranean swordfish are highly overfished and have declined steeply by 70 percent from 1980s levels, according to assessments taken this year.
“The European Union is blatantly ignoring its obligation to manage stocks at sustainable levels by 2015, or by 2020 at the very latest. By not adopting measures now, the EU would be duplicating the same costly mistake that brought bluefin tuna to the verge of collapse in the past,” Oceana Europe fisheries campaign manager Maria Jose Cornax said.
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