The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission was created by the Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, signed between the United States and Costa Rica on May 31, 1949.[1] The Convention was signed by United States Secretary of StateDean Acheson and Costa Rica's Ambassador to the United States, Mario Echandi Jiménez.[1] A number of additional countries later joined the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Each country is represented by up to four Commissioners.[2]
In 2003, the members of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission signed the Antigua Convention, strengthening the Commission's powers.[3] Most members of the Commission ratified the Antigua Convention between 2004 and 2009, Canada included. The U.S. ratified the Antigua Convention on february 2016.[3]
The IATTC also has significant responsibilities for the implementation of the International Dolphin Conservation Program (IDCP), and provides the Secretariat for that program.
The first objective of the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP) is to reduce incidental dolphin mortalities in the purse-seine fishery in the eastern Pacific Ocean to levels approaching zero. This Agreement and its predecessor, the 1992 La Jolla Agreement, have been spectacularly successful in meeting this objective, as shown by the reduction in mortality of dolphins incidental to fishing.[5]
During 2013 95.4% of all sets made on tuna associated with dolphins were accomplished with no mortality or serious injury to the dolphins. Furthermore, the total mortality of dolphins in the fishery has been reduced from about 132,000 in 1986 to about 800 in 2013.
The IATTC, through the Achotines Laboratory is a major contributor of research in the early life history of tropical tunas. The Achotines Laboratory was established as part of the IATTC's Tuna-Billfish Program. It is one of the few research facilities in the world designed specifically for studies of the early life history of tropical tunas. As tunas are pelagic (open-ocean) fish they are difficult to study in their natural habitat. Little is known from studies of live tunas of their reproductive activities or early life history (egg, larval, and early-juvenile stages), and for that reason the IATTC established a research laboratory to focus on these aspects of tuna biology. The Achotines Laboratory provides a unique setting for studying the reproductive behavior and early life stages of tropical tunas. While tunas are the main focus at the Laboratory, there are ample facilities to support research in other areas of marine and terrestrial science.[6]
inter, american, tropical, tuna, commission, abbreviated, iattc, comisión, interamericana, atún, tropical, tuna, regional, fishery, management, organisation, responsible, conservation, management, tuna, other, marine, resources, eastern, pacific, ocean, logo, . The Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission abbreviated IATTC Sp Comision Interamericana del Atun Tropical is a tuna regional fishery management organisation responsible for the conservation and management of tuna and other marine resources in the eastern Pacific Ocean Inter American Tropical Tuna CommissionLogo of the Inter American Tropical Tuna CommissionAbbreviationIATTC Spanish Comision Interamericana del Atun Tropical CIAT Formation1949 75 years ago 1949 Typetuna regional fishery management organisationLegal statusInternational organizationPurposeFisheries managementHeadquartersLa Jolla San Diego United StatesArea servedEastern Pacific OceanMembership21 membersDirectorArnulfo FrancoWebsitewww wbr iattc wbr org Contents 1 History 2 Members of the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission 2 1 Cooperating Non Members 3 Tropical tunas research 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission was created by the Convention for the Establishment of an Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission signed between the United States and Costa Rica on May 31 1949 1 The Convention was signed by United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Costa Rica s Ambassador to the United States Mario Echandi Jimenez 1 A number of additional countries later joined the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission Each country is represented by up to four Commissioners 2 In 2003 the members of the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission signed the Antigua Convention strengthening the Commission s powers 3 Most members of the Commission ratified the Antigua Convention between 2004 and 2009 Canada included The U S ratified the Antigua Convention on february 2016 3 The headquarters of the IATTC are located in La Jolla San Diego California United States Members of the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission editSource 4 An asterisk indicates that the state has ratified the Convention on the Establishment of the Inter American Tropical Tuna Convention Belize Canada denounced the Convention in 1983 China Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador European Union France Guatemala Japan Kiribati South Korea Mexico Nicaragua Panama Peru Chinese Taipei United States Vanuatu Venezuela The IATTC also has significant responsibilities for the implementation of the International Dolphin Conservation Program IDCP and provides the Secretariat for that program The first objective of the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program AIDCP is to reduce incidental dolphin mortalities in the purse seine fishery in the eastern Pacific Ocean to levels approaching zero This Agreement and its predecessor the 1992 La Jolla Agreement have been spectacularly successful in meeting this objective as shown by the reduction in mortality of dolphins incidental to fishing 5 During 2013 95 4 of all sets made on tuna associated with dolphins were accomplished with no mortality or serious injury to the dolphins Furthermore the total mortality of dolphins in the fishery has been reduced from about 132 000 in 1986 to about 800 in 2013 Cooperating Non Members edit Bolivia Chile Honduras Indonesia LiberiaTropical tunas research editThe IATTC through the Achotines Laboratory is a major contributor of research in the early life history of tropical tunas The Achotines Laboratory was established as part of the IATTC s Tuna Billfish Program It is one of the few research facilities in the world designed specifically for studies of the early life history of tropical tunas As tunas are pelagic open ocean fish they are difficult to study in their natural habitat Little is known from studies of live tunas of their reproductive activities or early life history egg larval and early juvenile stages and for that reason the IATTC established a research laboratory to focus on these aspects of tuna biology The Achotines Laboratory provides a unique setting for studying the reproductive behavior and early life stages of tropical tunas While tunas are the main focus at the Laboratory there are ample facilities to support research in other areas of marine and terrestrial science 6 See also editIndian Ocean Tuna CommissionReferences edit a b Convention for the Establishment of an Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2016 05 13 Retrieved 2011 03 07 List of Current Commissioners a b Antigua Convention List of members from website http www iattc org DolphinSafeENG htm Achotines Home External links editIATTC homepage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission amp oldid 1213891020, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
