IOTC’s ‘missed opportunity’

The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s failure to reach agreements on reducing yellowfin and skipjack tuna catches and to adopt a new management measure for drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) has disappointed the EU’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG-MARE), which described the outcome of the IOTC’s latest annual session as a “missed opportunity for the sustainable management of the Indian Ocean fisheries”.