With the gradual adoption of limits on catches of all tuna species, and the rapid rise in Pacific bluefin catches, early this year Pacific nations set up the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. Taiwan is a member, so the bluefin it exports to Japan all have to be registered. Hence keeping proper statistics on tuna catches is essential.
隨著各種鮪魚逐步採取捕捉限額、與太平洋黑鮪捕捉量節節升高，今年初，美、韓等國成立的「中西太平洋高度洄游性魚類保育管理機構」，也已將黑鮪魚納入管理，由於台灣是正式會員國，現在外銷拍賣日本的黑鮪都必須經過登記，鮪魚捕獲量的統計也不能馬虎。