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18th Apr 13

Managed by Chatham House

Financed by DEFRA

Race for the Last Bluefin: Capacity of the Purse Seine Fleet Targeting Bluefin Tuna in the Mediterranean

12/03/2008

Author: WWF

WWF states that the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery has been exposed to rampant overfishing inside the entire ICCAT Convention Zone, namely the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, particularly during the past decade (1996 to 2007). This has resulted, inter alia, from poorly managed Total Allowable Catches (TAC) by ICCAT; intentional under-reporting of BFT catches by ICCAT Contracting Parties; and an uncontrolled increase in fishing capacity. Overfishing of the largest scale has occurred in the Mediterranean Sea, and this has been almost completely attributable to the activity of purse seine fishing fleets. With the BFT fishery nearing commercial collapse, WWF thought it vital to estimate in detail the fishing capacity of purse seine fleets targeting BFT inside the Mediterranean Sea. This report aims to fill the current gap in the quantification of real at-sea capacity of BFT purse seine fleets, providing a much-needed baseline for the ongoing management processes targeting the reduction of fishing pressure on the East Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna stock.

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