The UK’s 66.15 tonnes of quota will include 16 tonnes for recreational permitting schemes and 39 tonnes for a trial commercial fishery with the remainder used to UK commercial bycatch and tagging programmes.
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), the Regional Fisheries Management Organisation responsible for managing Atlantic BFT, has now endorsed the UK’s plans.
The decisions on how government intend to use our quota have been made to ensure that BFT fisheries meet our international commitments, contribute to delivering Fisheries Act 2020 objectives, and reflect stakeholder interests including both the commercial and recreational fishers.