tuna

US Tuna Companies ‘Shell Out’ for Sea Turtles

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:32:28 -0500

Trio of companies pledge funds for conservation of endangered marine life

Overfishing of Tuna May Continue in Eastern Pacific

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:53:41 -0500

Conservation, Consensus Needed for Bigeye Tuna

Tuna on Twitter - ‘Retweet (RT) for Our Oceans’

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:36:14 -0500

The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) is marking its first World Oceans Day by launching an online campaign to ‘Retweet (RT) for Our Oceans.’

Efforts to End Overfishing of Tuna - ISSF Supports 12 Week Fishing Ban

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:28:02 -0500

June 4, 2009 Washington, DC – The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) is urging the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to follow the advice of its Scientific Staff and adopt conservation measures for threatened tuna stocks in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO).

Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuna Red-listed

Thu, 28 May 2009 08:07:58 -0500

The tuna industry takes an unprecedented step toward sustainability.

Eastern Pacific tuna hang in the balance

harminka — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:48:11 -0500

Next week marks a pivotal moment for Eastern Pacific tuna. The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), the international body charged with the conservation and management of tuna and associated species in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, will meet in San Diego from Nov. 2-7 to consider conservation measures for vulnerable tuna populations.

1000 tags reveal mysteries of giant bluefin tuna

harminka — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:34:45 -0500

A giant Atlantic bluefin tuna weighing more than half a ton had the honor of being fitted with the 1000th electronic tracking tag placed on this threatened species when it was caught and released on Monday (October 20) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off Port Hood, Nova Scotia.

Atlantic tuna return thousands of miles to birthplace to spawn

harminka — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:47:02 -0500

The Atlantic bluefin tuna is the largest and most sought-after of all tunas, weighing as much as 1,400 pounds and capable of fetching as much as $50,000 or more in Asian markets where its meat is a prized commodity, one big reason why its numbers have declined precipitously since the 1970s.

Does fishing endanger survival of tropical tuna?

harminka — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:08:33 -0500

Fishermen hold empirical knowledge that tuna aggregate under floating objects, such as lengths of old rope, pieces of wood, or even large marine mammals. There is still no full explanation for this aggregation behaviour, but the past 20 years have seen purse-seine fishery operators take advantage of the associated concentrations of fish.

To save or savor? It's decision time for Atlantic bluefin tuna

harminka — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:57:11 -0600

Giant bluefin tuna are in trouble, primarily because the powerful muscles that propel their extensive ocean migrations come with an Achilles' heel: They're tasty.

Learning from cod collapse to save tuna

harminka — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:39:03 -0600

Continued mismanagement could force some tuna populations to quickly go the way of cod, a highly threatened fishery that once helped shape economies of whole nations, leading scientists said in the symposium “Last Best Chance for Tuna: Learning from the Cod Collapse” at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Boston on February 18.

Invoking future generations to save tuna populations from collapse

harminka — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:33:33 -0600

Balancing short- and long-term fisheries benefits could have prevented the collapse of the cod populations in Atlantic Canada, and is the last best chance for tuna, says University of British Columbia fisheries economist Rashid Sumaila.