Recommendation by ICCAT amending the Recommendation 22-08 establishing a multi-annual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean [Rec.  24-05] requires that CPCs shall send bi-weekly catch reports by gear to the Secretariat. Total reported catches will be published by the Secretariat on a password protected area of the ICCAT web site during the second week of each month.

Recommendation by ICCAT for a conservation and management plan for western Atlantic bluefin tuna [22-10] requires that each CPC shall report its provisional monthly catches of bluefin tuna. This report shall be sent to the ICCAT Secretariat within 30 days of the end of the calendar month in which the catches were made and circulated within 10 days following the monthly deadlines for receipt of the provisional catch statistics.