Posts by tim Macpherson
Bluefin tuna: a recreational and CHART – where are we now
Steve Murphy givers an update on the latest situation and how our media coverage is cranking up. Screaming reels and aching muscles may seem an age ago now for many…
Read MoreICCAT decide on 2023 bluefin quota
November 13th to the 21st 2022 saw the 23rd Special meeting of ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna) at Vale de Lobo in Portugal. During November 2022 52 member states and…
Read MoreBluefin Tuna CHART programme Tag Returned
A single spaghetti tag deployed on an Atlantic bluefin tuna last November as part of the English CatcH And Release Tagging programme (‘CHART’) has been recovered by a regional observer in the Mediterranean Sea from a bluefin harvested from a fish farm near Malta.
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