International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
abstract:The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is an intergovernmental organisation responsible for the management and conservation of tuna and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas. The organization was established in 1969, at a conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and operates in English, French and Spanish.
That's because the domestic fleets were hewing to quotas mandated by theInternationalCommissionfortheConservationofAtlanticTunas, a global economic treaty organization (a sort of NATO for fish).