Golet named chair of U.S. ICCAT Advisory Committee
Walter Golet, assistant professor in the School of Marine Sciences and sited at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, has been named chair of the U.S. ICCAT Advisory Committee. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is one of many regional fisheries management organizations where countries and fishing entities come together to discuss and develop international fisheries management measures. It oversees the conservation and management of a variety of Atlantic marine species, including tunas, swordfish, marlin and sharks, and adopts measures to minimize bycatch of turtles and seabirds associated with these fisheries. The responsibility is shared among ICCAT’s 52 members, including the United States, according to the NOAA website.
The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT was established under the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act. Committee members representing commercial industries, recreational fishing organizations, environmental groups and academia give advice to U.S. ICCAT commissioners on international issues related to the conservation and management of Atlantic highly migratory species.