Trialling bluefin ranching in the Bay of Biscay
A venture to fatten wild-caught bluefin tuna in sea cages in the Bay of Biscay is being put into operation by Itsasbalfegó, a company established by the AZTI technology centre and the…
A venture to fatten wild-caught bluefin tuna in sea cages in the Bay of Biscay is being put into operation by Itsasbalfegó, a company established by the AZTI technology centre and the…
Coastal seiner Sjarmør has landed a catch of 168 bluefin tuna for a night’s fishing. It’s the first big catch of the year in Norwegian waters, and the first seine-caught bluefin…
Artisanal fishermen in the south of Spain who fish in the Strait of Gibraltar are demanding the government allocate them a quota for bluefin tuna, which would offset the hardship…
Spanish fishing industry federation Cepesca is pushing for definite legal action relating to the illegal import of bluefin tuna to the European Union and the handling of profits derived from…
More than seven years on from the initial court appearance to challenge the allocation by the French authorities of quotas for bluefin tuna, a group of organisations representing small-scale fisheries…
For some years, marine scientists have tried to keep alive captured bluefin, and the breakthrough came when researchers from the Institute of Marine Research, fishing vessel Vestbris and the Directorate…
A trial fishery for Atlantic bluefin, managed by DEFRA and the MMO, uses 39 tonnes of the UK’s 65 tonne quota for 2023, with licences issued to ten fishermen. The…
Better rules on caging and fair distribution of bluefin tuna quotas among fleet segments are part of the new plan to manage bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.…
The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) is co-ordinating the European control campaign for bluefin tuna in the framework of its Joint Deployment Plan (JDP). Member States (MS) pool their control…
Iceland’s Ministry of Fisheries is preparing a Parliamentary Bill concerning changes to fisheries legislation, in particular relating to possibilities for fishing bluefin tuna within the country’s EEZ. There was a…