It seems to me that if initial allocations of catch shares go pro rata based on past take, then even small boats (& recreational boats, if they are significant enough to be included) benefit: they know what they can catch, can stop the wasteful race…
I note that NOAA has just announced national draft policy favoring catch shares in general, though not as a panacea, and noting each case is different & depends on nature of fishery & abilities of fishermen to self-manage.
Rich, are you guys prepar…
Rich, are you guys part of the industry-led International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), which apparently focusses on ensuring scientific and sustainable management of tuna that are canned?
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Rich, I sympathize and think you to some extent make my point - namely, if you had some type of recognized long-term right to fish and to manage the bluefin stock, THEN you wouldn`t have to worry about remote governments (acting for a wide arrange o…
Rich, I`m an American living in Tokyo, and have no tie to the fishing business or to BFT in particuklar, other than as a concerned consumer who doesn`t want to see responsible fishermen keep bearing the burden of very irresonsible fishing elsewhere.…
John, here`s the comment I sent by email; I`ll post it on your new thread too:
While I am very concerned about the bluefin, isn`t the problem overfishing in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, and aren`t the US and US fisherman now responsibly…
Got your e-mail and I'll get back to you later today. I'm going to forward your e-mail to Rich now. We are having high wind and heavy snow ...going to check the boat. ralph
Hi Tom - thanks for joining Save The Bluefin. I see that you are from Japan. I am interested to hear about how Japanese consumers perceive the bluefin tuna and the current issues facing the remaining stocks?