Southern bluefin tuna decision – Two commercial catch increases. 18 December 2013

Nathan Guy, the Minister for Primary Industries, has ignored the precautionary approach for the stricken Southern bluefin tuna stocks and granted a 69 tonne increase in the commercial catch level for the 2013-14 fishing year, and increased total catch limit from 830 to 1000 tonnes for the 2014-15 fishing year.