Bluefin tuna quotas: NGOs raise their voices at the Agadir meeting

The work of the 18th extraordinary meeting of the ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) continued yesterday behind closed doors in Agadir, with a first dive into the heart of the matter: the future of bluefin tuna quotas for the next two years 2013/2015."The risk for ICCAT member states is to say to themselves, since it is working well now, we can start increasing quotas," warned Dr. Sergi Tudela, head of the Fisheries Programme at WWF Mediterranean, from the outset in an interview granted to MAP, on the sidelines of the ICCAT meeting (12 to 19 November).The ICCAT, an official international fisheries management body bringing together 48 member states, is holding its 18th extraordinary meeting from 12 to 19 of the current month in Agadir in the presence of more than 500 participants, who will have to decide on the future of bluefin tuna quotas, currently…