PERU fishing with guts to report…
The Bluefin tuna (“Thunnus thynnus) fishing is one of the most controlled in the world between the East Atlantic and Mediterranean, a case that has become an example.
Red Tuna is “King”Says a French fisherman.
In extreme migrant, is the largest of the tunas, can weigh up to 400 kg and cross oceans, adapting to the depths and the temperatures.
Comes in breeding periods to the warm waters of the Mediterranean, where he was fishing.
Its meat is highly prized by the Japanese. And 80% of the tuna caught by large vessels engaged in the fishery are based in Japan, after I put on weight if any special places in the Mediterranean to better respond to consumer tastes.
The rest come from artisanal fisheries is sold in markets – tuna for sushi sold in Europe is generally albacore, variety of tropical tuna is not bluefin tuna.
Atlantic bluefin tuna, which is fished in the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic, is consumed mainly in Japan, where it is sold for a fortune to be cooked as sushi and sashimi.
At least two thirds of bluefin tuna caught in the Mediterranean, the main fishing area, is exported to Japan, according to scientists.
In the Tokyo market, exemplary quality between 200 and 300 kilos of weight can get to be sold at between 20,000 and 30,000 euros. Most broiler companies located in the Mediterranean are financed by Japanese firms.
Atlantic bluefin tuna, whose scientific name is “Thunnus thynnus thynnus”Is a distinct species Bluefin Pacific and Southern, and has nothing to do with other tuna species that are used for packaging, such as white tuna, albacore or listing.
Two varieties are distinguished: those who live in the Mediterranean or eastern Atlantic, which develops on the American coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico.
In the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) applies since 2007 a fishing quota and control measures within 15 years, compared to the dramatic drop in the largest reserve of bluefin tuna in the world and the threat that the “Thunnus thynnus” be added to the UN list of threatened species.
The drift nets and use of aircraft to record the banks were prohibited; period net fishing was reduced to one month per year and stops before if quotas are reached, and is limited to fish over 30 lbs (8 kg for Line fishers, with 10% share) . Network fishermen embark ICCAT observer, and can be located.
ICCAT fixed that way a quota for bluefin tuna in the western Atlantic.
In September, the Asian-Pacific decided on a proposal from Japan, halving young tuna fishing for red (“thunnus orientalis”) In their region.
The Initiative, unpublished, was taken by the Commission on fishing in the WCPO (equivalent to ICCAT in the region) following the publication of an independent study showing the collapse of stocks.
Regarding the situation of the third type of bluefin tuna, the southern hemisphere, is “catastrophic”Emphasizes Sylvain Bonhommeau of Ifremer (Research Institute for the sea).
A global situation raises fears NGOs and scientists a much stronger pro-active resumption of fishing in the Mediterranean pressure.
SOURCE: Terra.cl
