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...
View ArticleIgnoring 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...
View ArticleLawsuit 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...
View ArticleHawaii-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...
View ArticleLoophole 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...
View ArticleRuling 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...
View ArticleRuling 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...
View ArticleShould 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...
View ArticleHawaii 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....
View Article>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...
View ArticleAgency 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...
View ArticleBreeding 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...
View ArticleTime 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...
View ArticleIs 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?...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists 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....
View ArticleJudge 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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