Noting a lack of sufficient information and studies to determine more clearly the potential impact of increasing the quota, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) said it will postpone the decision until October.

Gustavo Meneses, president of Incopesca told Prensalibre.cr that "... 'They realized that the capacity for yields is high, therefore inside the commission they did not want to take the plunge and allocate new quotas ... so as not to reach maximum levels of yield capacity as is happening in the area of ​​Japan with blue fin tuna.'"

Enrique Ramirez, director of the Costa Rican Fisheries Federation (Fecop) states that "... the decision of CIAT is in responses to a recommendation made previously by themselves. 'There never was and there is not now an availability of a quota for people to ask for and be granted, such contributions are given by consensus, the position of the Scientific Committee of CIAT is that fishing activities should not be increased, that more increments should not be awarded, and in addition Costa Rica does not need the quota increase, because there is no tuna fishing here. '"

Source: prensalibre.cr

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