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Ignoring International Limits, U.S. Expands Fishing for Declining Bigeye Tuna...

(Source: Earthjustice) Honolulu, HI - The National Marine Fisheries Service today issued regulations allowing Hawai'i-based longline fishermen to ignore international agreements and continue fishing...

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Ignoring International Limits, U.S. Expands Fishing for Declining Bigeye Tuna...

(Source: Center for Biological Diversity) For Immediate Release, October 28, 2014 Contacts:  Catherine Kilduff, Center for Biological Diversity, +1 (415) 644-8580, ckilduff@biologicaldiversity.org...

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Lawsuit Fights New Rule Doubling Catch Limit for Overfished Bigeye Tuna...

(Source: Earthjustice) Honolulu, HI - Conservation groups sued the National Marine Fisheries Service today over a new rule allowing the Hawai'i-based longline fleet to fish beyond limits set by...

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Hawaii-based longline fishermen allowed to keep catching ahi

Hawaii-based longline fishermen have exhausted multiple catch limits for ahi this year, but federal regulators said Friday a new agreement will ensure the fish will be available in the state through...

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Loophole Lets Hawaii Exceed Fishing Quotas for a Tuna in Trouble

Hawaii’s commercial fishing fleet has a yearly permit to catch about 3,500 tons of bigeye tuna, a tasty yet declining fish that’s one of two types of tuna served as “ahi” on the islands. Fishers often...

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Ruling upholds rule allowing more Hawaii bigeye tuna fishing

A federal judge has ruled longline fishermen in Hawaii may continue catching more bigeye tuna, or ahi, than the maximum set by international regulators. U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi on...

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Ruling upholds rule that allows more bigeye tuna fishing

A US federal judge has ruled longline fishermen in Hawaii can continue catching more bigeye tuna, or ahi, than the maximum set by international regulators. US District Judge Leslie Kobayashi on...

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Should Pacific Bluefin Tuna Be Listed As An Endangered Species?

i Tuna are arranged prior to the first auction of the year at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo in January. The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images Tuna are...

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Hawaii longline fishermen allowed to resume catching tuna

Hawaii fishermen are once again being allowed to catch a prized tuna species in the fleet's most productive fishing grounds west of the islands, sparking criticism that they are adding to overfishing....

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>Groups sue feds over Pacific bigeye fishing rule

HONOLULU (AP) — Environmental groups are suing the National Marine Fisheries Service to challenge a new rule for fishing...

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Agency overreaches in trying to roll back marine monument

The Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council’s (Wespac’s) leaders vociferously opposed expanding Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, and now are asking the Trump administration to remove...

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Breeding Protections for Giant Bluefin Tuna>

This post was co-authored with Elizabeth Brown. Starting January 1, fishing within two bluefin tuna breeding hotspots in the Gulf of Mexico with a particularly destructive kind of fishing gear during...

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Time Is Running Out for Troubled Bigeye Tuna (The Pew Charitable Trusts)

(Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts) Those with an interest in rebuilding the depleted population of bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean gathered in the Marshall Islands from Aug. 19 to...

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Is there any tuna that it’s OK to eat?

Tesco is removing several lines of John West tuna from its shelves. So what varieties are sustainable, how should they be caught and from where?...

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The unsolved mystery of an ocean protector’s disappearance

This story was originally published by Reveal and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Day after day, Keith Davis stood at the rail of the cargo ship, watching a fleet of rusty...

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The Black Fish: undercover with the vigilantes fighting organised crime at sea

Illegal fishing controlled by organised crime is a growing menace, offering big rewards for low risk. But the seaborne raiders have a new force to contend with. An army of amateur sleuths are spending...

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Environmentalists ask court to stop Hawaii tuna quota shift

Environmentalists on Friday asked a federal judge to stop the National Marine Fisheries Service from allowing Hawaii-based fishermen to attribute some of the bigeye tuna they catch to U.S. territories....

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Judge upholds rule allowing more Hawaii bigeye tuna fishing

HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge has ruled longline fishermen in Hawaii may continue catching more bigeye tuna, or ahi, than the maximum set by international regulators. U.S. District Judge Leslie...

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