Fisheries Board to Raise Japan’s Pacific Bluefin Tuna Catch Quotas
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A bluefin tuna is unloaded at a port in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, in June.
11:04 JST, July 17, 2024
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Countries Tuesday agreed to raise Japan’s annual quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna catches.
Members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission’s Northern Committee agreed to increase Japan’s annual quota for large bluefin tuna weighing 30 kilograms or more by 50% from the current level, and that for smaller bluefin tuna by 10%.
Japan had sought a 131% increase in the annual quota for large bluefin tuna and a 30% rise for smaller fish.
Tuesday’s agreement, made at a meeting in Kushiro, Hokkaido, will be formalized at the WCPFC’s annual meeting to be held in Fiji in November and December, and come into effect next year.
The overall annual quota for large tuna is currently 7,609 tons, with 5,614 tons allocated to Japan, and the quota for smaller tuna is 4,725 tons, with 4,007 tons allocated to Japan.
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