date:May 27, 2014
n the 15-year international recovery plan include the total allowable catch quota, shared out among eight EU members Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Portugal, Malta, Cyprus and now Croatia; and minimum size limits on fish taken, of 30 kg for industrial and 8 kg for artisanal fishing.
This size is still small enough for the tuna farming business that will grow the fish before marketing them but is a drain on reproduction, critics say, as immature fish are removed from spawning grounds. Fully grown