No fish has inspired as much controversy over the past several years as the bluefin tuna. Sushi lovers, especially in Japan, love the fish's fatty flesh and pay top dollar for prize cuts -- but environmentalists say that the world's hunger for o-toro has pushed the three species of bluefin around the world to the brink of extinction. Global fisheries managers have carefully negotiated the demands of these two wildly divergent (and highly vocal) constituencies by placing strict limits on fishing of bluefin tuna, and enforcing those limits to the best of their abilities. Yet all their hard work is imperiled by two huge factors: illegal fishing and bycatch. Work has been done in recent years to...
This Fishing Method Is Wiping Out The Bluefin Tuna Population
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Sustainable future out of sight for bigeye tuna in the Western Pacific (WWF - World Wildlife Fund)
(Source: WWF - World Wildlife Fund) Sustainable future out of sight for bigeye tuna in the Western Pacific Cairns, Australia: WWF is disappointed that the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCFPC) once again failed to take meaningful action against tuna overfishing and the overall excess of vessel capacity in the region, passing a watered down measure in effect only for 2014 and deferring action for future years. "It is heartbreaking to observe the various member states acknowledge the dire state in the fishery, but then take few meaningful steps to address the problem because of short term economic interests or other short-sighted reasons," said Bubba Cook, Tuna Programme...
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Scientists study Pacific fishing zones as lifeline for overfished tuna (The University of Hawaii System)
Marcie N W Grabowski, (808) 956-3151 Outreach Coordinator, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology John Sibert, (808) 956-4109 Emeritus Researcher, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology Posted: Nov. 16, 2012 A fish modelling study has found that marine zoning in the Pacific Ocean, in combination with other measures, could significantly improve numbers of heavily overfished bigeye tuna and improve local economies. Scientists working at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia) and Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS, Toulouse, France), have found that...
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Lawsuit Filed to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtle Habitat (Center for Biological Diversity)
(Source: Center for Biological Diversity) For Immediate Release, January 8, 2013 Contacts: Center for Biological Diversity: East Coast: Jaclyn Lopez, (727) 490-9190, jlopez@biologicaldiversity.org West Coast: Catherine Kilduff, (415) 436-9682 ext. 312, ckilduff@biologicaldiversity.org Oceana: East Coast: Amelia Vorpahl, Oceana, (202) 467-1968, avorpahl@oceana.org West Coast: Ben Enticknap, Oceana, (503) 235-0278, benticknap@oceana.org Turtle Island Restoration Network: Teri Shore, (707) 934-7081, tshore@tirn.net Lawsuit Filed to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtle Habitat Habitat Safeguards Needed for Florida Beaches, Atlantic/Pacific Oceans SAN FRANCISCO- Conservation groups...
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A Small Victory for Whale Sharks
Whale sharks get some respect; the bigeye tuna, not so much. That was the gist of the message from the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, whose member nations agreed this week at a meeting in Manila to help reduce whale shark deaths in Pacific fisheries. The commission did not act on a recommendation from scientists that the catch of bigeye tuna be sharply reduced. Currently, Pacific fishing nations take in about 150,000 tons of bigeye, a sushi favorite, each year. Arguing that this number is unsustainable, scientists had called for a catch reduction of up to 30 percent. But the meeting ended Thursday with no change in the status quo, meaning that the overfishing will continue...
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Remember Dolphin-Safe Tuna? Let's Make FAD-Free Tuna the Next Trend
Perhaps because the vast majority of the tuna Americans eat comes a precooked beige in cans, people seem to forget it's a fish. Jessica Simpson famously asked if "chicken of the sea" was chicken or fish. Well Jessica, tuna are fish -- and they're in big trouble. All that canned tuna we eat is having a negative effect not just on tuna species like albacore and skipjack, but also on center-of-the-plate "fancy" tuna. At a recent meeting of the international management body, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, the WCPFC's Scientific Committee announced that bigeye tuna are now officially overfished (as bluefin tuna already are). Bigeye tuna, also known as ahi, are prized for...
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Pacific Fishing Zones—Lifeline For Overfished Tuna?
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 12:32 pm Press Release: Secretariat of the Pacific Community MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release Pacific Fishing Zones—Lifeline For Overfished Tuna? Marine zoning in the Pacific Ocean, in combination with other measures, could significantly improve dwindling numbers of heavily overfished bigeye tuna and improve local economies, a fish modelling study has found. Scientists working at the University of Hawaii, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) have found that a network of marine zones in the Pacific Ocean could be a more effective...
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WWF: Bigeye tuna measures disappointing (WWF - World Wildlife Fund)
WWF: Bigeye tuna measures disappointing Manila, Philippines: WWF deplores that tuna managers once again are deferring meaningful action on bigeye tuna conservation by denying effective management measures adopted at the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCFPC) meeting closing today, ultimately risking the long term security of the region's people. While the commission made positive progress on conservation measures for seabirds, whale sharks, and satellite monitoring of fishing vessels, it failed to address two of the central species it is charged with managing, bigeye and albacore tuna. "It was business as usual at the commission meeting, with the delegates from the 32 member...
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El Nino Triggers Urgent Need, Legal Requirement to Close Fishery to Protect Endangered Sea Turtles From Nets (Center for Biological Diversity)
(Source: Center for Biological Diversity) For Immediate Release, July 1, 2014 Contacts: Ashley Blacow (831) 643-9220, ablacow@oceana.org Joanna Nasar, (415) 488-7711, joanna@tirn.net Catherine Kilduff, (415) 632-5312, ckilduff@biologicaldiversity.org El Niño Triggers Urgent Need, Legal Requirement to Close Fishery to Protect Endangered Sea Turtles From Nets Feds' Failure to Enforce Closure of Drift Gillnet Fishery Would Cause Sea Turtle Deaths MONTEREY, Calif.- Conservation groups called out the National Marine Fisheries Service today for failing to implement the legally mandated closure of the drift gillnet fishery in Southern California waters to protect endangered loggerhead...
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Catch Limit Sought to Protect Overfished Bluefin Tuna From Extinction (Center for Biological Diversity)
For Immediate Release, November 8, 2012 Contact: Catherine Kilduff, (415) 644-8580 Catch Limit Sought to Protect Overfished Bluefin Tuna From Extinction International Tuna Meeting to Decide Bluefin's Fate SAN FRANCISCO- As nations gather next week in Morocco to decide future bluefin tuna catch limits, the Center for Biological Diversity today called on the delegates to cap catch limits for these tuna, which are threatened by overfishing. The Center, which launched a nationwide boycott of bluefin tuna after the last international meeting in 2010, sought protections for bluefin tuna under the...
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Deadly Driftnets Will Not Be Expanded Into Sea Turtle, Whale Habitat Off California Coast (Center for Biological Diversity)
(Source: Center for Biological Diversity) For Immediate Release, March 13, 2014 Contacts: Teri Shore, Turtle Island Restoration Network, tshore@tirn.net, cell (707) 934-7081 Catherine Kilduff, Center for Biological Diversity, ckilduff@biologicaldiversity.org, (415) 644-8580 Deadly Driftnets Will Not Be Expanded Into Sea Turtle, Whale Habitat Off California Coast SACRAMENTO, Calif.- In an important victory for wildlife, federal fishery managers in Sacramento today decided not to expand driftnet fishing into protected sea turtle habitat along the California coast because it would significantly raise the risk of...
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NOAA seeks comments on Atlantic bluefin tuna management proposals (National Marine Fisheries Service)
(Source: National Marine Fisheries Service) Contact: Connie Barclay (301) 427-8003 (202) 441-2398 (Cell) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 2013 Draft Amendment 7 aims to reduce bycatch discards NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on a proposed rule and its associated draft environmental impact statement, which aims to reduce discards of Atlantic bluefin tuna, and outlines measures to help ensure compliance with international quotas. The draft environmental impact statement includes the ecological and socioeconomic analyses of the amendment. "All those involved in the bluefin tuna fishery -- scientists, managers, fishers and environmentalists -- share a common concern about...
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8/20/13 — NOAA seeks comments on Atlantic bluefin tuna management proposals (NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmosferic Administration)
(Source: NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmosferic Administration) Contact: Connie Barclay (301) 427-8003 (202) 441-2398 (Cell) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 2013 Draft Amendment 7 aims to reduce bycatch discards NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on a proposed rule and its associated draft environmental impact statement, which aims to reduce discards of Atlantic bluefin tuna, and outlines measures to help ensure compliance with international quotas. The draft environmental impact statement includes the ecological and socioeconomic analyses of the amendment. "All those involved in the bluefin tuna fishery -- scientists, managers, fishers and environmentalists -- share a...
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8/20/13 — NOAA seeks comments on Atlantic bluefin tuna management proposals (National Ocean Service)
(Source: National Ocean Service) Contact: Connie Barclay (301) 427-8003 (202) 441-2398 (Cell) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 2013 Draft Amendment 7 aims to reduce bycatch discards NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on a proposed rule and its associated draft environmental impact statement, which aims to reduce discards of Atlantic bluefin tuna, and outlines measures to help ensure compliance with international quotas. The draft environmental impact statement includes the ecological and socioeconomic analyses of the amendment. "All those involved in the bluefin tuna fishery -- scientists, managers, fishers and environmentalists -- share a common concern about the large...
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Swordfish Drift Gillnet Fishery Restricted to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Center for Biological Diversity)
(Source: Center for Biological Diversity) For Immediate Release, July 24, 2014 Contacts: Catherine Kilduff, (415) 644-8580, ckilduff@biologicaldiversity.org Ben Enticknap, (503) 235-0278, benticknap@oceana.org Joanna Nasar, (415) 488-7711, joanna@tirn.net Swordfish Drift Gillnet Fishery Restricted to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtles Feds Close More Than 25,000 Square Miles of Ocean Off California's Coast to Destructive Gear MONTEREY, Calif.- In response to pressure from conservation groups, the National Marine Fisheries Service today announced an area closure for the swordfish drift gillnet fishery in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California from July 25 through August 31 to prevent...
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Citizens And Conservation Groups File Suit to Protect Hawai'i's Reef Ecosystems (Center for Biological Diversity)
For Immediate Release, October 24, 2012 Contact Miyoko Sakashita, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 632-5308 Caroline Ishida, Earthjustice, (808) 599-2436, cishida@earthjustice.org Marjorie Ziegler, Conservation Council for Hawai'i, (808) 593-0255, mz@conservehi.org Rene Umberger, (808) 875-8759, octopus@maui.net Citizens And Conservation Groups File Suit to Protect Hawai'i's Reef Ecosystems State Issuance of Aquarium Collection Permits Without Environmental Review Poses Danger to Already-stressed Coral Reefs HONOLULU- Citizens and conservation groups took legal action today to require the Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources to protect Hawai'i's reefs and...
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Suit Filed to Protect Endangered Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtles From Nets (Center for Biological Diversity)
(Source: Center for Biological Diversity) For Immediate Release, July 10, 2014 Contact: Joanna Nasar, (415) 488-7711, joanna@tirn.net Catherine Kilduff, (415) 644-8580, ckilduff@biologicaldiversity. Suit Filed to Protect Endangered Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtles From Nets Feds Fail to Enforce Drift Gillnet Fishery Closure During El Niño SAN FRANCISCO- A lawsuit filed by Turtle Island Restoration Network and Center for Biological Diversity today seeks to protect endangered sea turtles off the coast of Southern California by requiring the National Marine Fisheries Service to implement the Pacific Loggerhead Conservation Area, a fishery closure during June, July...
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Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Sea Turtles, Rare Albatross From Deadly Hawaii Swordfish Longline Fishery (Center for Biological Diversity)
For Immediate Release, November 2, 2012 Contact: Paul Achitoff, Earthjustice, (808) 599-2436 Miyoko Sakashita, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 632-5308 Todd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, (415) 488-7652 Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Sea Turtles, Rare Albatross From Deadly Hawaii Swordfish Longline Fishery HONOLULU- Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today in federal district court challenging a new rule by the National Marine Fisheries Service that doubles the number of endangered sea turtles allowed to be entangled and killed by Hawaii's longline swordfish fishery. The suit, brought under the Endangered Species Act and other federal environmental laws, was...
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Legal Petition Seeks Ban on Pacific Bluefin Tuna Fishing (Center for Biological Diversity)
(Source: Center for Biological Diversity) For Immediate Release, April 9, 2014 Contact: Catherine Kilduff, (415) 632-5312, ckilduff@biologicaldiversity.org Legal Petition Seeks Ban on Pacific Bluefin Tuna Fishing Once-abundant Fish Suffers 96 Percent Decline From Overfishing SAN FRANCISCO- The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a legal urging the National Marine Fisheries Service to prohibit fishing for Pacific bluefin tuna, which has suffered a 96 percent decline since large-scale fishing began. News of the...
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Bluefin Tuna Continue at Historic Lows as Feds Weigh Pacific Fishing Ban (Center for Biological Diversity)
(Source: Center for Biological Diversity) For Immediate Release, July 23, 2014 Contact: Catherine Kilduff, (415) 644-8580, ckilduff@biologicaldiversity.org Bluefin Tuna Continue at Historic Lows as Feds Weigh Pacific Fishing Ban Mexico Closes Waters for 2014; International Talks Fail to Reduce Future Catches SAN FRANCISCO- The National Marine Fisheries Service opened a today to determine whether to prohibit fishing for Pacific bluefin tuna, which have suffered a 96 percent decline since large-scale fishing began. The action followed the Center for Biological Diversity's rulemaking petition sent in April. The Pacific...
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