ICCAT is the International Commission of the Conservation of the Atlantic Tuna, and straight from the ICCAT website they describe themselves as an “inter-governmental fishery organization responsible for the conservation of tunas and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas.” (ICCAT website). So basically they are in charge providing quotas, tracking, and managing tuna. It is not like ICCAT hasn’t cut quotas at all, in fact, in an article written by Bart DiFiore called, The Hottest Blood: Journeys of the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, he states that “Intense pressure has forced ICCAT to cut quotas by more than half by 2007” (DiFiore 63). This pressure needs to be kept on ICCAT in order to ensure that the tuna’s future is a sustainable
ICCAT is the International Commission of the Conservation of the Atlantic Tuna, and straight from the ICCAT website they describe themselves as an “inter-governmental fishery organization responsible for the conservation of tunas and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas.” (ICCAT website). So basically they are in charge providing quotas, tracking, and managing tuna. It is not like ICCAT hasn’t cut quotas at all, in fact, in an article written by Bart DiFiore called, The Hottest Blood: Journeys of the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, he states that “Intense pressure has forced ICCAT to cut quotas by more than half by 2007” (DiFiore 63). This pressure needs to be kept on ICCAT in order to ensure that the tuna’s future is a sustainable