Often at odds over fisheries matters, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have teamed up to oppose measures which they say could challenge their ability to catch marlin for food security and traditional local consumption.
The two countries are parties to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), which is a regional fisheries management organisation responsible for the conservation of tunas and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas.
With ICCAT’s 24th annual meeting scheduled to conclude in Limassol, Cyprus tomorrow, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago have submitted a statement outlining concerns about landing limits for marlin.
It relates to ICCAT’s treatment of overharvesting of blue marlin and white marlin/roundscale spearfish by small-island developing states under ICCAT Recommendation 19-05.
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