Text tabled : A7-0449/2011

  Sebastian Valentin Bodu (PPE), in writing. – (RO) The tuna population has been on the wane for more than 10 years and the conditions are in place for it to disappear altogether unless measures are adopted promoting the recovery of the stock. In the past 20 years, 64 measures have been adopted to manage this decline, 13 of which are still in force.

The recovery plan was first adopted in 2006 and was subsequently amended in 2008, 2009 and 2010. At present, the fishing of eastern bluefin tuna is the most tightly regulated in the EU, and probably among the most regulated in the world. The significant decline in tuna stocks is attributed, in particular, to the huge market demand for fish, illegal fishing and fishing out of season.