BICREF sighted tuna pens
30 June 2010

The Biological Conservation Research Foundation, BICREF sighted tuna pens still being tagged on to Maltese coastal waters on Sunday 27th June.

BICREF wonders how this could still be if tuna fishing by purse seines (for tuna penning too) by EU had been stopped on the 9th of June because it was indicated that the EU member states had already reached their respective quotas.

Bluefin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean has been clearly shown to require closer monitoring and enforcement of regulations to make sure responsible and sustainable fishing might slow down the rate of loss of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean spawning hot spots.

BICREF has been advocating for caution and conservation management for this bluefin tuna fisheries since 2000. It is sad to note that after so many years too little and too late is being done to conserve this species and the sustainable artisanal fishermen communities.

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