Right on the heels of the sailfish offering Brazil tabled a proposal to continue and strengthen the present conservation measures (release of live marlin and annual quotas and the U.S. 250 marlin annual limit) but the usual players - Japan and the EU (who have both exceeded their quotas in past two years) - are throwing stones into the pathway, trying to force a temporary delay in consideration. Trinidad and Tobago want more marlin for targeting with their developing commercial fleet. In a defensive posture Brazil proposed simply rolling over the present regulations for one year.
Mexico also sounded up on the issue of increasing their commercial allocation of marlin - a quota they have exceeded for the last three years.
Finally in an unexpected display of consensus the members just agreed to continue the present measures for one more year.
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