July 2009 Blog Posts (8)

Vintage Video, Hemingway Style, Catching Giant Bluefin, Bimini Bahamas

This is why I fight for the bluefin. How beautiful are they swimming in that gin clear water. It's so cool that they released the bluefin they caught. This is what we're about and where we need to keep heading. This is exactly why I started the Catch & Release program for the bluefin.

Be minded that this was long ago. No longer do vast schools of giant bluefin invade… Continue

Added by John LoGioco on July 30, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Sign Petition To Urge US Govenment To Save The Bluefin

Please sign this on-line petition that urges the leaders of the US Government agencies to champion a proposal to list the bluefin under international protection from trade and illegal fishing. This would mean the USA would join forces with France, UK, Holland, Monaco and Germany who have all already come out publically and announced their support to protect the bluefin.

Please sign this… Continue

Added by John LoGioco on July 28, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

WWF Breaks News: GERMANY Joins To Protect The Bluefin Tuna

As reported by WWF:

"Berlin, Germany / Rome, Italy – Today Germany’s Minister for the Environment, Sigmar Gabriel, has announced his backing for a proposal by the Principality of Monaco to list Atlantic bluefin tuna on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna… Continue

Added by John LoGioco on July 23, 2009 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

Holland Joins UK, France and Monaco To Save The Bluefin

Gemma Parkes from WWF reports that Holland has joined the UK, France and Monaco to list the Atlantic bluefin under an Appendix I CITES protection. CITES stands for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. This is more… Continue

Added by John LoGioco on July 21, 2009 at 1:41pm — No Comments

Dear Members; You and Prince Albert of Monaco Have Something In Common

Every member of this site should take a moment and pat yourself on the back for taking action on helping the bluefin. By just becoming a member on this site and having the willingness to learn a bit about this issue at a time when it was not headline news is great. After last week's monumental events, the bluefin tuna issue if now front and center on the world political stage and this site is right in the middle of it all - thanks to all of you.

Over the weekend I had the honor of… Continue

Added by John LoGioco on July 20, 2009 at 6:23pm — 1 Comment

Today is "Bluefin Thursday" as France, UK and Monaco Join Forces To Save The Bluefin

This is a great day in the fight to save the bluefin tuna. First France, then the UK announced their support in listing the bluefin as a protected species and by doing so ban the international markets from buying or selling bluefin. Now this still means that bluefin can be sold in domestic markets, just not traded internationally. I am working on a blog post about the effects on the commercial and… Continue

Added by John LoGioco on July 16, 2009 at 9:03pm — 2 Comments

Breaking News: France joins Monaco in call for international trade ban for bluefin tuna

Media Release, 16 July 2009

* * * France joins Monaco in call for international trade ban for

endangered bluefin tuna * * *

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France today announced his country’s

support for a ban of international trade in endangered Atlantic and

Mediterranean bluefin tuna, joining a growing call to list the

overexploited fish under the Convention on International Trade in

Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) –… Continue

Added by John LoGioco on July 16, 2009 at 1:25pm — No Comments

Attention CCB & GOM Tuna Anglers: Tag-a-Tiny Tournament August 21st and 22nd

Got the following email today and thought members might be interested in participating. Send me a message with your email address if you'd like me to forward a copy of the information and registration forms...

Hello Tag A Tiny anglers and captains,

The Large Pelagics Research Center and the North Shore Community Tuna Association invite you to participate in the Second Annual Tag A Tiny Tournament. This tournament is a community based fundraiser in support of… Continue

Added by Thunnus Thynnus on July 8, 2009 at 12:11pm — No Comments