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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Fisheries and for a world without hunger Aquaculture Department

Regional Fishery Bodies Summary Descriptions International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic (ICCAT)

Objectives Area of competence Species and stocks coverage Members Further information

Objectives

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is responsible for the conservation of tunas and -like species in the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas.

Area of competence

All waters of the Atlantic Ocean, including adjacent seas.

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Species and stocks coverage

Tuna, tuna-like species and pelagic sharks fished in the ICCAT Convention area.

Currently ICCAT is conducting full assessment of the following stocks:

Yellowfin tuna ( albacores) (Atlantic stock); bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) (Atlantic stock); (Katsuwonus pelamis) (East and West Atlantic stocks); albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) (North and South Atlantic and Mediterranean stocks); Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus t.) (West Atlantic stock and East Atlantic and Mediterranean stock); swordfish (Xiphias gladius) (North and South Atlantic and Mediterranean stocks); sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) (East and West Atlantic stock); blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) (Atlantic stock); white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) (Atlantic stock; blue shark (Prionace glauca) (North and South Atlantic stocks); (Isurus oxyrinchus) (North and South Atlantic stocks); portbeagle (Lamna nasus) (Northwest, Northeast and Southwest Atlantic stocks).

Other species under study are:

Longbill spearfish (Tetrapturus pfluegeri); bullet tuna (Auxis rochei rochei); frigate tuna (Auxis thazard thazard); Atlantic Spanish ( maculates); Serra (Scomberomorus brasiliensis) little tuna (Euthynnus alletteratus, Euthynnus affinis); Atlantic ( sarda); Plain bonito (); (Scomberomorus regalis); (Scomberomorus cavalla); Scomberomorus unclassified (Scomberomorus spp.); West African Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus tritor); (Acanthocybium solandri); Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus); longbill spearfish (Tetrapturus

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department pfluegeri); bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus); thresher (Alopias vulpinus); silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis); oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus); Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus); sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus); night shark (Carcharhinus signatus); tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier); longfin mako (Isurus paucus); Pteroplatytrigon violacea (PST); scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini); great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran); Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena).

Members

Member: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Cabo Verde, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, European Union, France, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Iceland, Japan, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Mexico, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saint Vincent/Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Boliv Rep of Venezuela.

Cooperating States: Bolivia (Plurinat.State), Guyana, Suriname, Taiwan Province of China.

Further information

Web site: http://www.iccat.int

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department