The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) released the 2007 tuna catching numbers earlier this month: 450.056 M/T in the
The quantity represents 3% less than the year before and confirms a downtrend of tuna catching in that area. Since 2003 the numbers are going down every year, accounting a 10% fall in four years.
34% of the volume caught consists out of skipjack, followed by 22% of yellowfin and 16% of bigeye. Northern bluefin represented 8% of total tuna catches in the
According to ICCAT, constant recommendations for fishing less tuna and tuna bans may be the cause lowering the catches. Environmental groups insist that overexploitation and the lack of conservation measures and enforcement are the cause.
Author: atuna.com