E - Iccat

Fleet
Instrument*,** Date of Commission decision
B S U Identify Initial Lift
sanction sanction
Initial concerns
SCRS are not consistent
with Japan trade data
-Vessels on IUU list
Thailand x -EC port inspection
information concerning the
Greenbay II
-Trade data indicated
harvests of bigeye, bluefin
and swordfish; catch not
reported
Togo x -In 2001, information that
Togo catches turned away
from EC ports
Turkey x -Increasing trend in bluefin
catches
Recent information
(2002 and previous)
action plan
-PWG could not support
immediate lifting of
sanctions until further
evidence of
implementation of
monitoring and control
measures
-EC swordfish import
data; ocean unclear
-In 2001, Observer from
Turkey indicated a
significant reduction of
purse seine fleet and
catches; catch and trade
data appeared to support
this
2002 action
-Warning letter
BFT/BET/SWO catches
-Mention vessel
(Greenbay) issue
-Request information to
clarify location of catches
-Notify of ICCAT’s Action
Plan process
-Urge to cooperate with
ICCAT if catches in
Convention area
-No action warranted
* B=Bluefin Tuna Action Plan [Ref.94-3]; S=Swordfish Action Plan [Ref. 95-13]; U=Unreported and Unregulated catches Resolution [Ref. 98-18]; e=encourage; i=identify; l=lift sanctions; m=monitor;
s=sanction; x=discussed.
** Equatorial Guinea was sanctioned under the 1996 Compliance Agreement [Ref. 96-14], for bluefin tuna fishing with no quota.
*** As of 30 October 2003.