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Interactions between Artisanal and Industrial Tuna Fisheries: Insights from a Decade of Tagging Experiments

Biodiversity Conservation

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Leroy, Bruno

The suite of species taken by artisanal fisheries targeting tuna often includes species caught in the larger industrial tuna fisheries, leading to concerns that industrial fisheries may reduce local fish availability and consequently impact upon artisanal catch rates. This study provides supporting evidence that industrial purse seine fisheries may impact upon artisanal and subsistence fishers. A tagged population of skipjack and yellowfin tuna known size was monitored through time and the probability of recapture was used as a measure of interaction with the industrial purse seine fishing effort was higher.

Stewards of the Pacific : The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council.

Biodiversity Conservation, Anamua: Treasures of the Pacific Environment

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A 20 Year Report - Because consumer demand for fish is at an ever increasing rate, there is a need to clarify indigenous rights, maintain balance between conservation and development, and for international agreements to regulate fishing activities throughout the Pacific region. This video is a documentation of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council Meeting with interview excerpts from several of it's members. The Council was the first to ban driftnet fishing in the US Exclusive Economic Zone, and has been able to regulate fishing aided by the "Magnuson Act- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Decisions are grounded in science and informed by traditional knowledge and cultural practices passed 20 years earlier.

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