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Stakeholders welcome DEFRA announcement of its intention to establish a Bluefin Catch and Release Recreational Fishery but the UKBFTA , the Angling Trust and PBA have serious concerns regarding some key aspects of the proposal.
Three of the biggest stakeholder representative bodies in a future recreational bluefin tuna fishery have welcomed the publication by DEFRA of their consultation response and policy proposal setting out the…
Read MoreBluefin Tuna consultation
Bluefin licenses? Consultation? Why? (This is the first a number of blogs we will publish regarding the DEFRA consultation on ‘permitting regimes in a Bluefin Catch and Release Recreational Fishery’).…
Read MoreWelcome note
The UK Bluefin Tuna Association are a campaign group comprised of anglers, charter skippers and various sea angling organisations that have successfully campaigned for and delivered the highly successful CHART…
Read MoreJoin our mission
We work to support the establishment of a sustainable, economically and scientifically valuable catch and release fishery of Bluefin tuna in UK waters. UK Bluefin Tuna Association Ltd, supported by…
Read MoreDiscover Who We Are
The UK Bluefin Tuna Association was formed in June 2022 as the successor to ‘Bluefin Tuna UK’. BFT UK was the campaign group comprised of anglers, charter skippers and various…
Read MoreOur management team
The Management Team of the Association is comprised of: Atlantic Bluefin Expert Steve Murphy as Chief Executive, Angling Trust Director and angling publisher Tim Macpherson as Treasurer Other non Executive…
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