Under Order AAA/642/2013 of 18 April 2013 regulating the bluefin tuna fishery in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, the Resolution of the General Secretariat for Fisheries of 9 March 2015 laying down the provisions implementing the Red Tuna Plan in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, reserves a quota of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) for sport and recreational fishing for the 2015 season.

According to the data available to the General Secretariat of Fisheries, the quota allocated for the sport and recreational fishing of the lists 6. and 7. of the Register of Ships has already been reached, so it is necessary to communicate the closure definitive in the 2015 campaign of this fishery, being established in the tenth device of the aforementioned Resolution which will be carried out by resolution of the Director General of Fisheries Management, which will also be published on the website of the Department.

By virtue of this, the ban on fishing, on board and landing of bluefin tuna specimens (Thunnus thynnus) for sport and recreational fishing, on the basis of the provisions of this Regulation, is hereby agreed. 00.00 the day following the publication of this resolution in the "Official State Gazette".

This resolution may be brought before the Secretary-General of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment in accordance with Articles 114 and 115 of the Law. 30/1992, of 26 November, of the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure.

Madrid, July 28, 2015. -Managing Director of Pesquera, Carlos Larranaga Ces.