クロマグロ枠、拡大確認　１５％増、１２月に最終判断―国際会議

　太平洋クロマグロの資源管理策を話し合う「中西部太平洋まぐろ類委員会（ＷＣＰＦＣ）」の北小委員会が７日、２０２２年の大型魚（３０キロ以上）の漁獲枠を２１年比１５％増とすることを確認した。７月の国際会議での合意を追認した形。１２月初旬に予定するＷＣＰＦＣ年次会合で最終判断する。
　日本の水産庁が７日公表した。北小委は５日からオンライン形式で開かれた。（2021/10/07-16:46）

Japan, the United States and other economies Thursday reaffirmed their agreement to increase catch quotas for large Pacific bluefin tuna weighing at least 30 kilograms by 15 pct in 2022 from the previous year, the Japanese Fisheries Agency said.
   The agreement, first reached in July, was reaffirmed at a virtual meeting of the Northern Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. A final decision will be made at an annual WCPFC meeting scheduled for early December.
   The WCPFC Northern Committee consists of Japan, the United States, Taiwan and seven other economies. Unanimous consent is required for proposals including an increase in catch quotas.
   The United States had been opposing raising catch quotas, seeking to focus on restoring tuna stocks. But the country reversed course and agreed to raise quotas at a joint meeting of the WCPFC Northern Committee and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission in July.
   If the agreement becomes final at the annual WCPFC meeting, Japan's catch quota will increase by 732 tons to 5,614 tons next year.