Bluefin tuna catches off Japan sluggish as fishers curb operations due to stricter overfishing rules
Bluefin tuna catches in coastal waters off Japan have been sluggish so far in the current fishing season that runs from July 2018 to March this year. Many fishers have apparently curbed operations following the introduction this season of stricter rules designed to tackle overfishing, ...
International catch documentation plan eyed for Pacific bluefin tuna
Japan and other major fishing countries will likely introduce an international documentation system to better keep track of Pacific bluefin tuna catches as a step against overfishing, sources said Tuesday. The documentation plan is designed to certify fishing ports and methods to prevent illegal fishing ...
Sushi-hungry Japan hopes the other nine members of an international fisheries panel will agree that bluefin tuna stocks are recovering quickly enough to withstand its proposal.
Nations from around the Atlantic and Mediterranean are starting to assess how much more of the prized Bluefin tuna can be caught in the next years amid signs stocks of the iconic fish are continuing to recover. The 50-nation International Commission for the Conservation of ...
Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean bluefin tuna catch expected to increase 50% by 2020
An international conservation commission has issued a report projecting that the total allowable catch for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea could be raised by 50 percent from the current level by 2020, a Japanese government agency said Thursday. Taking ...
A three-day trade show featuring Japanese food opened Wednesday in Chiba, aiming to help expand exports of farm and fisheries products at a time when washoku (Japanese cuisine) is gaining popularity overseas among health-conscious consumers. More than 1,000 buyers from 66 countries and regions are ...
International panel agrees on new flexible bluefin tuna catch limit amid overfishing concerns
An international fisheries panel agrees to adjust catch limits on bluefin tuna in the northern Pacific amid concerns that stocks are being depleted by overfishing.
Osaka university partners with firms to sell goods made with discarded tuna skin
Kindai University, which pioneered the artificial farming of bluefin tuna — a pricy delicacy served as sushi — is giving new life to the discarded skin of the precious fish by utilizing it for leather and cosmetics products. The Osaka Prefecture-based university and a leather ...
Bluefin tuna catch quota for 2017 in western Atlantic to remain unchanged
An international conservation group has set the 2017 catch quota of bluefin tuna in the western Atlantic Ocean at 2,000 tons, unchanged from the current level, Japan's Fisheries Agency said Tuesday. Japan's current allocation of about 346 tons will be maintained under the decision made ...
The Fisheries Agency should rethink its policy on allowing fishermen to catch large quantities of mature Pacific bluefin tuna.
Once considered low class, how did tuna get so valuable?
Fresh, raw tuna reigns supreme in the culinary world these days, especially when it comes to sushi and sashimi. Bluefin tuna, known in Japan as hon-maguro or "true tuna," is so popular that global stocks are dangerously low due to overfishing. But tuna didn't ...
