Measures to prevent illicit fishing of Mediterranean bluefin tuna have been strengthened at the annual meeting of governments involved in the industry.
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat) decided to implement an electronic system for recording bluefin catches.
Research shows catches have been far higher than skippers have declared.
The meeting, in Turkey, also gave extra protection to the silky shark, whose numbers are falling because of fishing.
Tuna boats often snare this species by accident; and now, fishermen will have to release them alive.
Government delegates also voted through a minimum legal size for swordfish, and will draw up a comprehensive recovery plan in 2013.
But proposals for protecting the porbeagle shark, classified as vulnerable to extinction on the internationally recognised Red List, were rebuffed.
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