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already determined that the 1990 swordfish recommendation made 

 by ICCAT does not constitute a quota or allocation.* Future 

 recommendations will recjuire similar determinations. 



'The relevant ICCAT recommendation is: 



That the contracting Parties whose nationals have been 

 actively fishing for swordfish in the North Atlantic take 

 measures to reduce the fishing mortality of fish weighing 

 more than 25 kg in the area north of five degrees North 

 latitude by 15 percent from recent levels. The reduction 

 in fishing mortality shall be determined by the catch in 

 1988 or may be a reduction of fishing effort that will 

 result in the equivalent reduction of fishing mortality. 



