So....

[MakoMike]

Well, If we consistently don't catch our quota, then ICCAT may take some of our quota away from us. So we are kind of forced to keep trying to catch our ICCAT quota. Where the work needs to be done is at ICCAT, where the quotas have to be lowered and there has to be some kind of penalty for nation that exceed their quotas. Locally there isn't much that we can do, since MSA is overridden when it comes to fisheries managed by an international body.

[animal]

Iccat needs an overhaul.They treat bft as an unexpendable resource.Last year they wanted to give half the US quota to nations who could fill it.If the whole world believes bft are in trouble,why does the international agency charged with their conservation want to kill more of them?Eff Iccat!