GOC LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. ICCAT

UNCLAS ZAGREB 001818 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE PLEASE PASS TO OES/OMC/DWARNER-KRAMER NMFS FOR IFD/BLANKENBEKER AND CARLSEN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EFIS PHSA SENV AORC ICCAT SUBJECT: GOC LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP CANDIDATE REF: STATE 199093 ¶1. (SBU) Croatian Assistant Minister for Fisheries Ivan Katavic, Ministry of Agriculture, told Econoff on November 9 that the GOC supported Dr. Gerald Scott for chair of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) and that he expects Croatia to support Dr. Hogarth as well. Katavic stressed that the GOC was interested in stronger involvement of the SCRS and decision-making based on science. He said the GOC supports protecting spawning as well as juvenile tuna and shares U.S. concerns about the future sustainability of tuna fishing. DELAWIE