US: Tuna prices continue to rise due to poor fishing conditions in the Indian Ocean

Published 2024년 7월 9일

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Pacific bluefin tuna stocks have recovered faster than expected, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This recovery was not expected until 2030, but it has happened 10 years earlier due to effective conservation measures implemented after overfishing reduced the biomass of the tuna to a historical low. These measures included agreements by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission to reduce catches of juvenile and larger bluefin tuna. A recent stock assessment shows that the spawning bluefin tuna has reached 23.2% of the potential untapped spawning stock in 2022.

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At the same time, according to experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), despite decades of overfishing, Pacific bluefin tuna stocks have fully recovered 10 years earlier than expected. Overfishing in the late 1990s and 2000s reduced the estimated biomass of these tuna to a historical low of 2.0% of its potentially unfished level in 2009–2012. Efforts to rebuild the stock began in 2011, when members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) agreed to reduce catches of both juvenile and larger bluefin tuna. The following year, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna ...

Source: Fishretail