John LoGioco's Blog – November 2009 Archive (5)

Fail The Bluefin, Wake A Sleeping Giant

In the last year thousands, if not millions of average people now know that the bluefin tuna is in serious trouble and the managers of this fishery have not taken sufficient measures to avoid a collapse. But then the question becomes why are we doing this to the bluefin tuna? The simple, but yet embarrassing fact is that we are relentlessly killing these fish to freeze and send to foreign nations, mostly Japan, for wealthy people around the world the pleasure of indulging in a delicacy. Are we… Continue

Added by John LoGioco on November 30, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

ICCAT Plans To Kill 13.5 Tons of Bluefin, Could Be The Last!

ICCAT has failed yet again. After long meetings the new recommendation sets the quota at for the Mediterranean and East Atlantic to 13,500 metric tons, and that is 13,500 too many. The purse seine fishery gets one month to fish (May 15 to June 15 i.e. an 11 month closure), cancellation of the of the 5 weather days and finally establishment next year of a 3 year rebuilding plan with a 60% probability of stock recovery and easily requiring another major quota reduction to somewhere between zero… Continue

Added by John LoGioco on November 15, 2009 at 6:10pm — 16 Comments

Official List of USA "Private Advisors" at ICCAT Meetings

Added by John LoGioco on November 15, 2009 at 1:11pm — No Comments

PEW Agenda "Dead On" for Saving Sharks & Bluefin @ ICCAT Meetings

Last night New York Times' blogger Andrew Revkin who pens DOT EARTH, posted about the ineffective formats of the ICCAT meetings happening right now in Brazil and the looming fear that this 48 country member body will yet again fail our oceans and the tuna… Continue

Added by John LoGioco on November 15, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

The EU pushes to kill more bluefin behind closed doors at ICCAT

Embarrassing, unbelievable, shocking, disbelief, sadness and a host of other words come to mind as Greenpeace and others leak the updates that the EU is looking to yet again ignore the warnings from their own scientists and continue to kill more bluefin in 2010. The Times Online has a good synopsis of how the meetings in Brazil are going this weekend here. A decision will likely come Sunday night… Continue

Added by John LoGioco on November 14, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments