On the 7th, the Fisheries Agency indicated a policy of applying the new resource management framework for Pacific bluefin tuna agreed in August at the IATTC annual meeting. This is expected to advance stronger resource management in the eastern Pacific.
On the 7th, the Fisheries Agency was reported to have indicated a policy of applying in Japan the new resource management framework agreed at an international meeting in August, at the annual meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), which discusses resource management for Pacific bluefin tuna in the eastern Pacific.
The introduction of the new framework is said to indicate progress toward increasing Japan's quota for larger fish, and further updates are awaited on the timing of implementation and specific operating methods.