This Recommendation of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) requires the Contracting Parties and Cooperating non‐Contracting Parties, Entities or Fishing Entities (CPCs) whose vessels fish North Atlantic albacore in the Convention area to implement the conservation and fishery management measures as are verified in Annex 1 of this Recommendation. The Recommendation sets out the management objective for the Northern Atlantic albacore stock. The Programme concerns annual Total Allowable Catch, capacity reduction, specific authorization by CPCs of vessels 20 meters LOA or greater flying their flag to fish for North Atlantic albacore, and evaluation of harvest control rules. The Vessels not entered into the specified ICCAT Record or entered without the required indication that fishing North Atlantic albacore is authorized are deemed not to be authorized to fish for, retain on board, tranship, transport, transfer, process or land North Atlantic albacore. The text consists of 6 Parts and has 4 Appendixes.
2021-01-01