International & Trade
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EU to ask for global ban on fishing bluefin tuna |
| European Union governments are calling for a global ban on fishing for Atlantic bluefin tuna at next week's international talks on protecting endangered species. | |||
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OPINION: Hold off on international trade ban |
| I am a 25-year bluefin tuna fisherman, and I am confident that an international trade ban will be bad for the fish and US fishermen. We have abided by designated quotas for decades while European countries have regularly flouted theirs by several hundred percent. These same countries will likely excuse themselves from the ban, continue overfishing, and benefit from higher prices in Japan due to the absence of US fish. | |||
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Tuna trade ban raising red flags for industry |
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The Obama administration is backing a proposal to declare Atlantic bluefin tuna an endangered species and ban international trade of the fish — a prized sushi ingredient and valuable commodity for local fishermen. Pushed by environmental groups and the principality of Monaco, the trade ban would be the first dropped on a major commercial fishery under the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES. Member nations will vote on the proposal at a meeting in Doha, Qatar, held over the next two weeks. On Wednesday, the announcement that the United States would support a bluefin ban was immediately hailed as a "game changer" by the Pew Environment Group, which with Oceana, has spearheaded the drive for an endangered designation. "Other governments can either can either join Monaco and the United States in boldly supporting the conservation of bluefin tuna, sharks and other marine species or they can yield to commercial fishing interests that focus more on short-term profits," said Susan Lieberman of the Pew Environment Group in a release. |
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PRN: UK Poised to Designate World's Largest Marine Reserve |
| WASHINGTON, March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Pew Environment Group praised the United Kingdom (U.K.) for taking one further step towards designating the world's largest marine reserve. | |||
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TIME MAGAZINE: A Move to Save the Bluefin Tuna |
| The Atlantic bluefin tuna is considered a delicacy from Osaka to Omaha; at Tokyo's venerable Tsukiji fish market, a single giant blue tuna can fetch up to $100,000 in auction. But the sheer popularity of the fish among consumers of sushi and sashimi has caused populations of the bluefin tuna to plummet, with its total numbers down more than 80% since 1970. We are literally eating the bluefin tuna to death. | |||
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Will catch shares do the trick? by Lisa Duchene
I support catch-shares in principal, and I support ending overfishing and bringing fisheries into balance.
But will this latest regulatory overhaul and the catch-share system help rebuild New England’s traditional fisheries? I don’t know, but I certainly hope ― and pray ― it will.
Hopefully, when the stocks return, there will still be New England fishermen around to catch them.
