The United States, Japan, Mexico, France (with respect to Saint Pierre et Miquelon), and the European Union are expected to take part.
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced today that Canada will be hosting an important Working Group meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, from July 10-12, 2014.
This meeting will build on the Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna science workshop hosted in Montreal, Canada last summer. At that meeting, ICCAT members expressed their encouragement with ongoing efforts to strengthen the current dialogue between scientists and fisheries managers and their desire to resolve outstanding uncertainties in the status of the stock.
The PEI meeting will focus on reviewing new research proposals to develop additional stock status indicators. While the results of the research will only be statistically reliable in at least seven years, these new stock indicators will support the long-term sustainability of this important fishery for generations to come by forming the foundation of sound science-based management decisions.
Frank Stanek
Media Relations
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
613-990-7537
Sophie Doucet
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
613-992-3474
