Tag Archives: bluefin-tuna
P.E.I. Tuna fishermen delay season start to let fish ‘fatten up’
Although tuna season is now officially underway on P.E.I., many fishermen are choosing to delay their start. Friday was the first day of fishing, but buyer Jason Tomkins says he didn’t think any of the Island’s 300-plus tuna fishermen were heading out. He says tuna on the U.S. East Coast have been coming in small, and some Island fishermen are holding out. “The fish have just arrived here in the last couple of weeks and a lot of the results so far out of the fish down in the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. have, I guess, been a little less than desirable,” said Tomkins. Read the rest here 10:05
Catch quota may be raised for bluefin tuna, ‘one of the success stories’
The bluefin tuna is on the rebound a decade after it symbolized the failure of international fisheries management. Some scientists and Maine fishermen say the assessment by federal regulators is overdue. U.S. fishery managers announced Wednesday that they are removing bluefin tuna from the list of species subject to overfishing, and plan to recommend to an international body that the catch quota for the U.S. be increased. Read the rest here 10:07
N.C. man had record-holding catch… if only for a week
Cherish the moments. They sometimes don’t last very long. A pair of mid-Atlantic anglers can attest to that. Less than two weeks ago, Robert Smith of Manteo, N.C., caught a big bluefin tuna that topped the existing Virginia record for the species. Then last week, Virginia Beach’s Chase Robinson topped Smith’s catch. The current mark is a 573-pounder. Smith’s fish tipped the scales at 576-1/2 pounds. Robinson’s fish came in at 606. Read the rest here 12:16
Japanese scientists breed first captive bluefin tuna
Scientists from Kinki University in Wakayama have been working on the technology for 30 years. “The first challenge was to increase survival rates from harvested eggs to hatchlings, and we got it to 5 per cent,” the university’s Professor Yoshifumi Sawada said. “The bluefin hatchlings ate each other, so we then had to introduce other types of hatchling species for them to eat.”,The scientists also faced the difficulty of replicating the best conditions for Bluefin,,, Read the rest here 07:21
Turkey’s unilateral decision to exceed catch limits threatening Bluefin tuna recovery
Documents seen by The Associated Press and EU comments on Friday show that during an intense meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas early this week, delegates were angry at for announcing it would catch up to 73 percent more Bluefin than under an internationally agreed plan. Turkey said this week that its “longstanding and rightful demand” for a higher quota had not been met, forcing it to take independent action. Read the rest here 15:12
“Wicked Tuna: North Vs. South” Show up in the air, The Question Is, Will increased bluefin tuna quota benefit local fishermen — or not?
A new management rule that went into effect Jan. 1 effectively gives twice the general quota for bluefin over previous years for North Carolina through March 31. Although the quota change might lessen some of the longstanding regional conflict over bluefin that fanned last year’s “Wicked Tuna: North Vs. South” reality TV show, it still does nothing to change the overall share of the pie. Read the rest here 15:48
Researchers feed on Bluefin tuna’s 5,000-mile odyssey
A huge bluefin tuna caught off Spain is doing plenty to help fisheries biologists better understand the dynamics of stocks on the east and west coasts of the Atlantic Ocean. Angler Di Ortiz of Hampton caught the tuna and Graves quickly inserted a Tag-a-Tiny tag from Dr. Molly Lutcavage’s Large Pelagics Research Center that is supported by the Billfish Foundation. It was measured at 45 inches long and released unharmed. Charlie weighed approximately 40 pounds at the time. Read the rest here 08:09
They put a 1,005-pound bluefin tuna in the Fish Bucket! – That’s a very big fish!
It’s a big fish story to tell the grandkids. Anglers are reveling in a 1,005-pound blue fin tuna that was brought in Tuesday by the Morehead City boat Fish Bucket, skippered by Capt. Herb Sheades with mate Jonathan Anderson. The fish was 116 inches long and one of the longest ever to be brought back to the docks in Carteret County. The Fish Bucket is one of several commercial fishing boats that are part of the fleet trying to hook the giant tuna as a supplement to their winter income. Read the rest here 19:22
Ret Talbot: First Bluefin of 2015 Sells for Bargain Price of $37,500
Each year when the first bluefin auction price is announced, there is a predictable, albeit short, media frenzy. While much of the ink dedicated to the bluefin auction is focused on the gee-whiz-that’s-a-lot-of-money-to-pay-for-a-fish story that helps to fill the 24-hour news cycle, there is also always a smattering of serious reporting each year from media outlets like The Atlantic, The Guardian and the New York Times that seeks to draw a connection between the well-publicized conservation status of the bluefin and the outrageous price paid at auction for a single fish. “What does it mean?” Read the rest here 16:35
First Bluefin Tuna of the New Year Sold for $37,500 in Tokyo
A sushi restaurant chain owner paid ¥4.51 million ($37,500) for a 180 kilogram Bluefin tuna at the first auction of the year in Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market. Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Co., has won the year’s first bid for four consecutive years since 2012. He told reporters Monday after his purchase that it was cheaper than he had expected thanks to a successful haul of tuna near the Tsugaru strait this year. Read the rest here 15:11
North Carolina Bluefin tuna season off to promising start
With an increase in the U.S. bluefin tuna quota and an early appearance of large tunas off the Carteret County coast, signs are out there this might be a good bluefin tuna season. Traditionally, bluefin tuna start showing up in North Carolina from mid-November through the end of January for the commercial fishery,,, Read the rest here 08:09
NOAA imposes new rules to protect Bluefin Tuna
New restrictions are being placed on fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic coast to protect the prized bluefin tuna species from being overfished. On Monday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the rules for commercial fishing vessels. The rules take effect in January. Read the rest here 11:57
Bluefin tuna catch limits increased to 2,000 tonnes for 2015 Based on Sound scientific advice
A decision by an international regulator to increase catch limits for the endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna won praise from the Canadian government Monday, but a Nova Scotia ecology group says the move could hurt a species once devastated by overfishing. Read the rest here 20:02
UPDATED: International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas increase’s quota on Bluefin tuna
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas on Monday raised next year’s quota on Bluefin tuna off the United States, Canada and Mexico by 14 percent to 2,000 metric tons. Read the rest here 13:22
Bluefin tuna stocks rebounding – Tuna stocks not ready for increased quotas, say ecologists
Atlantic bluefin tuna numbers are up, according to the latest scientific review of the stocks, and Canada believes an increased catch is possible. The study was done in preparation for meetings of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna next month, which will set fishing quotas for the next two years. Katie Schleit of the Ecology Action Network is hoping ICCAT will,,, Read the rest here 10:14
Bluefin tuna being caught in more northern Atlantic Ocean waters of Iceland, Greenland
Bluefin tuna found off Greenland suggest influence of climate change
Scientists in Denmark have made an unusual discovery in the normally chilly waters off the east coast of Greenland. Along with schools of mackerel, their research vessel brought in three bluefin tuna – a species known from the Mediterranean and in the Gulf Coast of Mexico. Read more here 17:35
Price of bluefin tuna nosedives at Tokyo auction – Dramatic Pew statement- “You have to wonder what the last fish is going to cost,”
TOKYO — Sushi restaurateur Kiyoshi Kimura paid 7.36 million yen (about $70,000) for a 230-kilogram bluefin tuna in the year’s celebratory first auction at Tokyo’s Tsukiji market on Sunday, just five per cent of what he paid a year earlier despite signs that the species is in serious decline. Read more@therecord 12:27
Bluefin Tuna Catch Quota Maintained as Shark Limit Rejected
The commission, which is known as ICCAT and has 46 member countries as well as the European Union, decided to leave the 2014 quota at 1,750 metric tons in the western Atlantic and 13,400 metric tons in the eastern Atlantic at a week-long meeting in Cape Town. more@bloomberg 13:59
Fukushima: Arranging the Deck Chairs While Death Comes from Japan
Fukushima continues to leak, and leak at ever increasing rates and the latest prediction is that this contamination will continue until 2015, at the earliest. Until then, will the Pacific Ocean be poisoned beyond repair (if this has not happened already)? That little tidbit was from Global Research. I’m sure they are just trying to scare us, right? I mean how can a little radioactive water do any damage? more@opednews 07:55
National Marine Fisheries Service proposes rules to protect bluefin tuna
Under the proposal, the NMFS would sharply cut back the number of bluefin tuna that individual fishing vessels are allowed to capture accidentally, setting a quota for each boat and requiring fishermen to include the bluefin they discard at sea under that cap. The NMFS also would change the long-standing formula by which it calculates the number of pounds of bluefin tuna that a long-liner may legally bring to shore for sale. more@wapo 09:21
From Cat Food to Sushi Counter: The Strange Rise of the Bluefin Tuna
Several decades ago, the very same fish were essentially worthless worldwide. People caught them for fun along the Atlantic Coast—especially in Nova Scotia, Maine and Massachusetts—and though few ever ate their catch, they didn’t usually let the tuna go, either. During the height of the tuna sport fishing craze in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, the big fish were weighed and photographed, then sent to landfills. Others were mashed up into pet food. [email protected] 18:16
Cove-based study eyes ‘juvenile’ bluefin tuna
The project, being coordinated by researchers and scientists at UMass’ Large Pelagics Research Center based in Gloucester’s Hodgkins Cove, will use the latest in electronic pop-up satellite tags to help develop enough data about these teenage tuna to potentially answer questions about migratory patterns, swimming depth, growth rate, breeding and the mixing of tuna from the western and eastern fishing grounds. more@GDT 08:16
Bluefin tuna in Gulf of Mexico face tighter safeguards under federal proposal
Bluefin tuna spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico would become more protected under a proposed new amendment expected to be published in the Federal Register on Wednesday. Members of the public can comment on the proposed new rule from now until Oct. 23. The sole public hearing in Louisiana is tentatively scheduled for 6 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Belle Chasse Auditorium, 8398 Louisiana 23. Comments also can be submitted electronically more@nola 22:39
Navigating the maze of rules
Take bluefin tuna, for instance. Recreational anglers are allowed one bluefin per boat between 27 and 73 inches. However, recreational anglers fishing on a charter boat can land two, but one must be between 27 and 47 inches and the other must fall between 47 and 73 inches. continued@delmarvanow
Study contains good news for bluefin tuna
The study, which will go on for several more months, emerges as NOAA Fisheries is poised to propose a rule to reduce bluefin tuna bycatch. Read more
Study contains good news for bluefin tuna
A research scientist at Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center is in the home stretch of a pilot study showing that substituting two types of fishing gear for pelagic long-lines might eliminate the bycatch of severely overfished bluefin tuna in their northern Gulf of Mexico spawning grounds. Read more
Insanity Caused By Eating Bluefin Tuna – Carl Safina
Recently, the owner of several sushi restaurants in Japan paid nearly $1.8 million U.S. dollars for a single bluefin tuna. Last year this same individual paid what was then a record price—about $ 740,000. The man says—as he did last year—that he paid so much, “to give Japan a boost.” What duh? No; the man seems to badly need attention. So I’m not mentioning him by name here. My feeling is, he doesn’t need more advertising from me; he needs counseling. Read more.
Bluefin tuna don’t forget a good thing when they find one. The Dented Bucket
Stare at this picture. It’s a bit like the children’s book, “Where’s Waldo?” or for an older generation where’s Richard Scarry’s “Goldbug.” But instead of one Waldo in the photograph, there are many. I can count about 12 giant tuna in this photo. You have to look carefully, squinting your eyes through the glare, but the fish are there and they are large. I love this shot. Wayne Davis took it. The name of the boat is the Fearless and she’s out of New Bedford, a big old steel rig, battered and worn. http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=698e03792e01700f74359f279&id=3ce1272235&e=7af44a6811
Scientists surprised at bluefin tuna recovery in the past six years
A preliminary report issued by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) highlights the recovery achieved by the bluefin tuna in the past six years, a fact that seems to surprise scientists.
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