Northern Pacific countries agree to cut bluefin tuna captures

Bluefin tuna capture. (Photo Copyright: FIS)

JAPAN
Friday, September 05, 2014, 04:00 (GMT + 9)
Several countries and regions fishing in the northern Pacific have agreed to cut by half the number of young bluefin tuna they catch in an attempt to double the ocean's stock in 10 years.
This decision was taken at the end of a four-day subcommittee meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) held in Fukuoka, south-western Japan, in response to Tokyo's proposal for a drastic reduction on the 2002-2004 average catch, AFP informed.
The shift in Japan's policy towards more radical conservation comes after an international independent assessment found last year that stocks of this species had fallen 96 per cent from its original level, MSN News reported.
Attendees to these meetings included South Korea, the United States, Canada, Taiwan and Japan - the world's biggest consumer of tuna - hoping the move will help to safeguard the at-risk species.
Meanwhile, the non-profit, non-governmental organization The Pew Charitable Trusts participated in a presentation titled Current Situation of Pacific Bluefin Tuna (PBF) and Stock Management at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo.
"There must be a strong recovery and rebuilding plan put in place for Pacific bluefin across its full range," pointed out Amanda Nickson, director of global tuna conservation for Pew.
"Countries have the responsibility to agree on a strong recovery plan that does more than simply move the population from severely depleted to slightly less seriously depleted," she added.
Cutting the catch in half would reduce Japan's annual catch of juvenile bluefins to about 4,000 tonnes from next year, out of a fisheries-wide catch of 4,725 tonnes, AP reported.
To contribute to the move, fisheries experts in Japan are rushing to devise techniques for commercially viable aquaculture of the deep-sea species.
To join the efforts, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) last month issued stricter quotas for bycatches of Atlantic bluefin tuna on surface longlines meant to catch other species.
Furthermore, earlier this year, the EU proposed banning all use of driftnets in its waters and on its vessels by the year's end to better enforce the protection of dolphins, sharks, swordfish and bluefin tuna.
For its part, Greenpeace Japan welcomed the move, applauding the fact that the international forum had finally "taken a step forward" towards the sustainable control of the resources.
Wakao Hanaoka, an expert in marine ecology for the conservation body, urged Japan to take more initiative to conserve the species especially before they lay eggs.
"It would be insufficient if the resource control plan allows fishermen to sweep up schools of tuna before they lay eggs, even if the plan aims to increase the number of young fish," he said in a statement.
The territories in the northern part of the vast area covered by the WCPFC will present the plan at the organisation's annual conference in December, along with a 10-year recovery plan for Pacific bluefin tuna, beginning in 2015.
Related articles:
- Warnings over low western and central Pacific tuna stocks
- Govt plans to limit Pacific bluefin tuna catch
- Juvenile bluefin tuna catch to be cut in the Northern Pacific

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IN BRIEF - Opportunities for boosting seafood exports to Australia

AUSTRALIA
Friday, August 15, 2014

More and more Australian seafood importers consider Vietnam as a seafood supplier of high quality and sustainability.

Vietnam is now one of the three major seafood suppliers for the Australia, after New Zealand and China. In recent years, Vietnam seafood, especially pangasius, is increasingly favored in the country. This is owing to efforts from government agencies such as the Embassy of Vietnam in Australia, Vietnam Trade Office in Australia, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), and Australian seafood importers represented by the Seafood Importers Association of Australia.
Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition -VIETFISH held by VASEP in Ho Chi Minh City is an important occasion for seafood importers around the world to understand more and more on fish production and processing capacity as well as seafood products of Vietnam. In the framework of VIETFISH 2014 (6 - 8 August 2014), a field trip was organized from 3rd to 10th August 2014 by Vietnam Trade Office in Australia collaborating with VASEP. Sydney Fish Market (SFM) Board of Management and Seafood Importers Association of Australia (SIAA) took the field trip and observed aquacultural activities in some provinces such as An Giang, Can Tho, Nha Trang.
Source: VASEP

IN BRIEF - Can Murmansk cod feed the Russians?

RUSSIAN FEDERATION Thursday, August 14, 2014 As Russia imposes an import ban on fish products from Norway and other western countries, the Russian market looks towards alternative suppliers and domestic producers. As previously reported, the import ban could ultimately leave Russian shops without supplies and prices are likely to hike. Norway alone in 2013 exported a total of 295,000 tons of fish products to Russia, 81 percent of it salmon. Over July 2014 and previews months, an average of 134 trucks loaded with fresh Norwegian salmon and trout has crossed the Russian border. That trade has now come to a stop, and several Norwegian trucks fully loaded with fish products have already been rejected entry to Russia. Russian authorities consequently hectically look at ways how to vitalize supplies from domestic fish producers. Murmansk is a key part of that picture. The region has a powerful trawler fleet and a growing aquaculture industry. Despite years of crisis, the region also has a fish processing industry with substantial capacity. The nearby Barents Sea has some of the world’s richest marine resources and cod stocks have over the last years reached historical levels. Source: Barents Observer

IN BRIEF - Call for Fishcare Volunteers AUSTRALIA Thursday, August 14, 2014 If you are passionate about fishing, enjoy talking to people and looking to contribute to the future of our fish resources, PIRSA’s Fishcare Volunteer program wants you! Director, Operations at PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture, Peter Dietman said the Fishcare Volunteers are looking for committed and passionate people to join the program, particularly those living in the Eyre Peninsula and Mid North regions. "This program of wonderful volunteers plays a critical and valuable role in raising the community’s education and awareness about sustainable fishing practices, and the importance of protecting our fish stocks," he said. Source: Government of South Australia

Management plan seeks to reverse sardine 'worrying' situation

Sardine catch. (Photo: Juan Murias/Copyright: FIS)

SPAIN
Friday, August 15, 2014, 23:30 (GMT + 9)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) approved a management plan for Iberian sardine (Sardina pilchardus) catches in the waters of zones VIIIc and IXa of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).
These areas correspond to the Cantabrian northwest, from the Basque Country in the estuary of Bidasoa, to Finisterre; and the Spanish part of Finisterre to the border with Portugal, waters from that country and the Gulf of Cádiz, respectively.
The Iberian sardine is caught in Spanish and Portuguese waters by the fleets of both nations.
Under the new order published in the Official State Gazette (BOE), the affected fleet can fish for sardine until exhausting the total catch provided by the operating rule for Iberian waters.
No distribution or maximum catch quotas are considered by the autonomous regions (Andalusia, Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country) or by boats.
The ministry explains that the current stock status of the Iberian sardine is worrying because in recent years there has been a marked decline in the spawning stock biomass, which could jeopardize the viability and sustainability of this resource. He notes that for this reason, all the scientific information available to date recommends measures that could lead to a recovery of the stock.
The Spanish Government submits that the new three-year plan is more advantageous, and it will help to address the plight of the sardine stock and lay the foundation for recovery.
The plan sets 48-hour weekly rest in the North Cantabrian fishing grounds and 58-hour breaks in the Gulf of Cadiz.
The maximum annual catch of sardines will be fixed in a pattern, considering the stock biomass as the estimated biomass of the specimens that are older than one year, obtained from the assessment model of ICES working group last year:

• When the stock biomass is below 135,000 tonnes, the TAC shall be zero, that is to say, no catches are permitted;
• When stock biomass is between 135,000 and 368,400 tonnes, the TAC shall be determined by the formula TAC=0.36 * (BIOMASS -135,000);
• When the stock biomass exceeds 368,400 tonnes, the TAC shall be equal to 86,000 tonnes.

The General Secretariat of Fisheries explained that based on the "operation rule agreed between Spain and Portugal it would be possible to capture up to 20,500 tonnes of sardines this year compared to 17,100 tonnes proposed by the ICES."
"The reduction thus would be 55 per cent compared to 46,000 tonnes captured last year by the fleets of Spain and Portugal," he added.
The new plan was not welcomed by Acerga purse seine majority partnership. According to the statement expressed by its spokesperson, Andrés García, the sector was "misplaced and disappointed" with the Order because it feels that "the meetings and hours spent working were not worth to agree on the quality and protect the species with TAC alternatives."
However, the fisheries authorities reported that, in addition to the Order, they are working to "reach a consensus on the various proposals made by the sector, such as the implementation of technical measures that contribute to a sustainable management of the resource stock."

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1 THEエージェンシーは心からの品質とは、雇用船主のための資格を有する乗組員を募集して供給します。
2エージェンシーは健全であり、従うとインドネシアの調節に乗組員としての資格を有する乗組員は、問題なく船主によって指名場所及び日時に出発したことができるようように、すべての手続きと準備を実行し、提出しなければならないVISAに当該の船主クルーリスト、パスポート番号、船員図書番号、およびドキュメント。
3エージェンシーは地域の条例や法律（スペインを含むように地元の手段）と国とのことで仕事について乗組員を教育し、乗組員の出発前に船主教育ブックに必要な事務を送信し、遵守するようにしてくださいます容器に入った）と船主によって要求された各規制。
4 THEエージェンシーはすぐに乗組員の個人的な変化の船主が虚弱になります。



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乗組員の雇用期間は18カ月間、一般的になります。彼は、容器とその操業のナビゲーション中に戻ることができない、と船が港に置くまで、容器に働かなければならない。

雇用期間中の船主の向きに応じて、他の容器に要求が転送すると、それが受け入れられなければならない。船主は、乗組員は、他の容器に移すと同時に、それをエージェンシーに通知します。


乗組員の雇用期間は、インドネシアからインドネシアの到着日に乗組員の出発以来、効果的であること、およびパスポート、VISA、乗組員の入国許可を含むエントリ·エグジットの手法に関してれます。エージェンシーは、インドネシア内の手順や乗船や下船のそれらの領域船主によって実行される処理されます。
                                                               


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乗組員が所有することで、彼らによって引き起こさ返さ乗組員の場合は、まだ彼らの契約を完了していない「エージェンシー」が経費の航空券を旅行するカバーされなければならない。、代理店は、進行を負担になります。
18ヶ月間、船主がクマ彼ら旅費になる以内彼らによって引き起こさ返さ乗組員の場合には、彼らの契約を終えた。
途中下船の中で、完全に「船主」と完全に"エージェンシー"で彼自身のオプションで返し乗組員のそれによって支払われ、この量は優先的に差し引かれます当直ながら傷害が持続している乗組員の戻り費賃金の送金時（ただし、CREWの途中下船の場合、船主は、乗組員の自身の声明を提出しなければならない、宣誓供述書と庁にキャプテン/釣りマスターの進捗レポートを保有する経費。）
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3）CREWは、追加の補償なしにいつでも危険やその容器内の乗組員の救助上容器などの安全のために必要な作業を実行する必要があります。