THE ROLE OF ICCAT IN BLUEFIN TUNA MANAGEMENT IN CROATIA

The scope of this study is to bring un updated and detailed analyses of the role of International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), as well as discuss applied measures of protection of the bluefin tuna in Croatia. On the yearly basis, ICCAT brings recommendations that have committing character for all the member countries and which include the minimum catch and farming quotas, temporal and spatial limitation of tuna fisheries, along a number of other controlling regulations. It is of wide importance for Croatia the type of measures directed for the management of east stocks of the bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus).