The text provides that the Contracting Parties, Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities, or Fishing Entities (CPCs) shall validate Bluefin Tuna Catch Document (BCDs) for bluefin tuna only when the information is verified as accurate, the cumulative validated amounts are within quotas or catch limits, and the products comply with relevant ICCAT conservation and management measures. Exceptions apply for CPCs with pre-2013 domestic laws requiring all dead or dying fish to be landed, but measures must be taken to prevent catches exceeding national quotas from being exported, and such over-quota catches must be reported to the ICCAT Secretariat for review by the Compliance Committee.
2021-01-01