As a result, the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) requires all signatory nations to cut their tuna hauls in the Atlantic by one-fourth. Taiwan, which ranks fifth in its take of Atlantic tuna, formally joined ICCAT last year.
為此大西洋鮪類資源保護委員會「ICCAT」，要求所有在大西洋捕撈鮪魚的國家，統統降低四分之一的漁獲配額，捕獲大西洋黑鮪居世界第五的台灣，已於去年底正式進入 ICCAT，有所節制地捕撈這海中珍品。