Seoul (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - An international fishery agency has sharply raised its 2010 quota for South Korea's bigeye tuna catch in the Atlantic Ocean despite an overall cut in quotas for most other countries, the government said Wednesday.

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) has granted South Korea an annual total allowable catch (TAC) of 2,900 tons for next year, up 38 per cent from this year, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.

The quota increase was possible because South Korea caught only 10,000 tons worth of Atlantic bigeye in the mid-1980s, the ministry said.

The total bluefin quota for all ICCAT members have also been cut by 40 per cent annually to 13,500 tons for 2010 from 22,000 tons in 2009.
 
 


Source:
Business in Asia Today - Nov 18, 2009
published by <a href="http://www.asiapulse.com">Asia Pulse</a>