Panama Is Prepping To Host IATTC Annual Meeting

The 103rd IATTC Annual Meeting will be held from September 1 to 5 in Panama, with the prime focus on marine conservation and sustainable fisheries management in the EPO, according to the Aquatic Resources Authority of Panama (ARAP). It stated that the meeting “will bring together 20 countries and more than a dozen non-governmental organizations, 250 observers, and 200 online participants.”

Some of the highlights at the 102nd IATTC annual meeting, which was held last September in this Central Amaerican nation, included extending the current conservation measures for tropical tuna for another two years and the adoption of interim standards for electronic monitoring. The venue for the event is yet to be announced.