Guide of TUNA FISHING

EJF: Are tuna stocks being overfished?
Pirate Fishing: the Scourge of West Africa .
ICCAT's fight against the tuna pirates .
Many tuna stocks are fully or over exploited © NOAA .
Humans have been catching tuna for many thousands of years, but industrial fisheries for these large ocean predators, a result of increasing demand for tuna in canneries, did not start until the 1940s and 1950s.
The total world catch of the major commercial species of tunas (albacore, bigeye, bluefin, skipjack, and yellowfin) has increased continuously and tenfold during the last 50 years (from 0.4 to over 4 million tonnes)..
Skipjack is by far the main tuna species caught, followed by yellowfin, bigeye, albacore and the two bluefin species.
Today, many stocks of the major commercial tuna species are fully or over-exploited.
The Atlantic Ocean currently accounts for about 14% of world tuna production.
According to the latest assessments carried out by ICCAT, the organisation responsible for managing tuna fishing in the Atlantic Ocean, virtually all Atlantic tuna stocks are heavily exploited, some unsustainably so, and catches are, in many cases, in decline..
According to the most recent ICCAT assessment, the stock of yellowfin is being very heavily fished, and is possibly over-exploited, meaning that the stock is smaller than it should be and fishing should be reduced to allow the stock to increase..


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EJF: Tuna - A feast for pirate fishers
Pirate Fishing: the Scourge of West Africa .
ICCAT's fight against the tuna pirates .
Pirate fishermen target tuna because they are valuable and caught in areas far from fisheries surveillance © NOAA .
On the first leg of our voyage aboard the Esperanza , EJF and Greenpeace will be investigating illegal fishing in the tuna fishing grounds of the Atlantic.
In the following pages we explore what is being done by ICCAT, the international organisation responsible for managing Atlantic tuna fishing, to combat the fish pirates.
We also take a look "beyond the tin", at what exactly "tuna" is, where it lives, how it is caught, and the all-important question of whether our seemingly inexhaustible appetite for this large ocean predator is sustainable in the long-term.
Few cupboards in Europe and America are without a few tins of tuna waiting to be made into a quick sandwich or pasta sauce.
But what is commonly known as "tuna" actually includes several different species of large, ocean-going fish, targeted by fishermen worldwide, using a variety of different methods.
However, coupled with their slow reproductive rate, our insatiable appetite for these high-value tunas means that they are becoming dangerously over-fished..

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Tuna Fishing opens mid-July and closes around the end of September .
Sturgeon fishing is open January through April and will reopen in May.
Ilwaco, known as the 'Fishing Capital of the West', boasts of having the nicest port basin on the coast.
Most of the waterfront consists of a large boat basin, which will accommodate1000 sport and commercial fishing vessels.
Here experienced skippers continue a longtime tradition of this quaint fishing village: taking locals and visitors out on charter fishing trips.
A sturgeon fishing trip in the Columbia or Willapa Rivers is perfect for those who might be concerned about sea-sickness.
The Pacific Northwest is known for its outstanding salmon fishing and the last few years have given outstanding runs.
First and foremost among salmon-fishing trophies is, of course, the chinook.
'Buoy 10' (Columbia River salmon fishing) starts at the beginning of August and runs into October.
Halibut populations boomed in the early 1980s, and the fish’s popularity also soared, to the point that halibut fishing has become extremely popular locally.
While the season runs May through October, Tuna fisherman are encouraged to call their favorite charter company every couple of weeks starting in August.

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SAY GOODBYE TO "FLAG OF CONVENIENCE"TUNA FISHING VESSELS
SAY GOODBYE TO 'FLAG OF CONVENIENCE'TUNA FISHING VESSELS In order to ensure sustainability of the world's tuna resources and the tuna fishing industry, a rally was held in Shimizu, Japan on September 27, 1999 by about 400 young representatives of Japan's tuna fishing companies, appealing to the Japanese government, trade and distribution companies and consumers for immediate actions to eliminate 'Flag of Convenience' tuna fishing operations.
Isao Nakasu Director General Fisheries Agency The Government of Japan Yoshifumi Hamazaki Chairman All Japan Tuna Boat-Owners Tactical Unit PETITION (For elimination of Flag of Convenience Tuna fishing vessels) We hereby submit our petition the Government of Japan to take immediate actions to prohibit any FOC Tuna fishing vessels entering ports and also ban the importation of any tuna caught by them, in order to ensure sustainable tuna resources and tuna fisheries in the world, so that Japan may take responsibility as the nation which has the only sashimi quality tuna market in the world.
(Background of our petition) (1) Japan reduced 132 large scale tuna longline vessels, 20% of the total number of vessels March this year, in accordance with the international plan of action for the management of Fishing Capacity adopted by FAO, in order to protect tuna resources in the world, spending 28.6 billion yen by the Japanese Government and 8 billion yen by regional Governments.

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