Sentences with phrase «bluefin tuna quota»

via: Reuters Bluefin Tuna New Bluefin Tuna Quota Levels Are A «Mockery of Science» US Should Push for Bluefin Tuna Fishing Moratorium, Conservation Groups Say Fishing Ban Enacted for Bluefin Tuna in Eastern Atlantic & Mediterranean

A recent report from NOAA Fisheries shows that the surface longline fishery in the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean wasted almost 25 percent of the entire U.S. bluefin tuna quota in 2012.

Not exact matches

UPDATE: Tuna boats in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean will be allowed to catch a total of 13,500 tonnes of bluefin tuna next year, down from the provisional quota of 19,950 tonTuna boats in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean will be allowed to catch a total of 13,500 tonnes of bluefin tuna next year, down from the provisional quota of 19,950 tontuna next year, down from the provisional quota of 19,950 tonnes.

Nov. 16, 2009 The latest meeting of the international commission created to manage harvests of tunas and other wide - ranging fish species in the Atlantic Ocean ended by setting 2010 quotas for bluefin tuna that conservation groups and United States fisheries officials said were — while lowered — still far too high to allow the imperiled fish to recover.

In short, N.O.A.A.'s solution to the incidental catch of bluefin tuna by surface longline fishermen is to allow them a larger share of the quota.

Finally, N.O.A.A. needs to keep its new proposed enforceable cap on the amount of bluefin tuna that can be caught on surface longlines to ensure that this sector stays within its quota.

The EU sets quota limits for each Member State to catch bluefin tuna, which is highly sought - after in Japan where the market price can reach $ 500 per kilo.

BRUSSELS (Reuters)- France and Spain banned industrial fishing of endangered bluefin tuna late on Tuesday for the rest of this season after fishermen from both countries exhausted their quotas more quickly than anticipated.

Though critically endangered, stocks have decline 80 % in the past three decades, the high prices paid for bluefin tuna in the Japanese market mean that quota levels are continually not set low enough to allow the fish to recover, as well meaning that there is extensive illegal fishing going on.

The goal is to defend the endangered bluefin tuna against illegal fishing operations, responsible for taking four times more fish than the legal quota, which are already so high that at current rates extinction for the fish is likely within a few years.

When new quota levels for bluefin tuna were set last November, amid political wrangling, were described as being a «mockery of science», ignoring the evidence that the the East Atlantic bluefin tuna populations were falling so quickly that they could soon be listed as an endangered species.

Despite a global quota on the amount of bluefin tuna that can be harvested, poachers throughout the Mediterranean continue to exceed those limits, particularly in the area off the coast of Libya.

More on Bluefin Tuna: International Tuna Meeting Fails to Reduce Bluefin Quotas - Short - Term Profits Trump Sustainability Mitsubishi Hopes To Profit From Bluefin Tuan Decline Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Will Be Gone By 2012 At Current Fishing Rates

You may have read how a bit over a week ago a number of environmental groups were calling on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat) to cut quota levels for bluefin tuna to protect that species from overfishing and collapse.