April 2010 Blog Posts (8)

I am happy to announce our newest sponsor to the Atlantic Tuna Project, CJT Supply LLC. Justin over at CJT is a big proponent of catch, tag and release and is supporting our program with a donation for the onboard care packages. Check out his site for marine electronics and fishing supplies. Welcome Justin! People like yourself who value the resource and are willing to give back are the key to our…

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Here are the 2009 Bluefin tuna landings as reported by HMS / NMFS. Note that the Angling category went way over quota landing 565.9 metric tons on a quota of 260.6 metric tons. Most of the overage occurred in the large school - small medium sized fish which are 60lb to less than 235lb tuna. This matches up with the size of the fish in two large cohorts we are seeing off the Carolinas in the Winter and North along the Mid Atlantic and North East states in summer. Any feedback on these numbers… Continue

Good news to announce today, as we are adding Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus) to the ATLANTIC TUNA PROJECT. As we saw last year in the canyons for a short 2 week period, bigeye tuna are incredibly special. Large, nomadic, aggressive, wolf pack hunters and wily, the bigeye is a treasure that we must fight to protect. So today we are officially… Continue

We are proud to be exhibiting at Canyon Runner's third tuna seminar in 2010 at the Mohegan Sun Convention Center in Connecticut tomorrow. My wife is with me, and my brother will be joining us tomorrow from his home base in Rhode Island. Many thanks to the LaRosa family for having the ATLANTIC TUNA PROJECT team to their event. This event will be… Continue

We are super excited to announce that AFTCO (Amercian Fishing Tackle Company) is sponsoring the ATLANTIC TUNA PROJECT. Anyone around fishing knows AFTCO and the contributions that the Shedd family have given to our sport and fisheries conservation worldwide. The company was established in 1958 in Newport Beach, California. A family-owned

company that ranks among the… Continue

Hello!

Good to notice that there are other people with same kind of values, same kind of worries. To me a species like bluefin tuna is invaluable. Its value cannot be measured in money, but I think that our only way to influence is to use the language of money, I think that it is the only language they will understand.

Below is an e-mail that I have posted in Finland and Italy so far (substituting Ford for Fiat). I hope that you would do the same in…

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Hi John, if you can? make time to go to the NMFS HMS AP meeting beginning on May 11th for 3 days. An agenda is published ahead of time, when I get you a copy I could send it to you. It appears (not formally released yet) that the USA angling category is over by an enormous amount.

Your care program can help control this if the scope was re-enforced by NMFS. I would speak on your behalf and could also get some other AP's on your side also. No harm in trying.…

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Any idea why the Japanese just don't understand if the Bluefin go extinct then they aren't going to have Bluefin sushi anymore? Yellowfin goes next, Albacore blah blah.

WHY are they so ignorant? Anyone? Seems they just don't like listening to anyone.