Tuna conservation in the EPO 2018-2020 and amendment to Res. C-17-01 (C-17-02).

This Resolution of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) establishes in the Convention Area the conservation and management measures for tropical tuna. These measures are applicable during 2018-2020 to all CPCs’ purse-seine vessels of IATTC capacity classes 4 to 6 (more than 182 metric tons carrying capacity), and to all their longline vessels over 24 meters length overall, that fish for yellowfin, bigeye and skipjack tunas in the Convention Area. Measures are specified for purse-seine fleets, use of fish-aggregating devices (FADs) and longline fishery. Landings and transshipments of tuna or tuna products that have been positively identified as originating from fishing activities that contravene these measures are prohibited. Each CPC shall submit to the Director, by 15 July of each year, a national report on its updated national compliance scheme and actions taken to implement these measures. This Resolution also amends Resolution C-17-01. This amendment does not modify nor alter in any way the decision adopted in Resolution C-17-01, regarding activation of the capacity acknowledged to Guatemala and Venezuela at the 88th Meeting of the IATTC, which continues to be authorized.