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Tuna
was first canned in the early 20th century. Up until then, the sardine
was the only fish placed in cans. But in 1903, a shortfall in the
sardine catch off the coast of southern California saw a number of
enterprising cannery owners start packing tuna into the empty sardine
cans. A new industry was created.
Market leaders
THE
WWF notes the majority of the market is made up of four species:
skipjack alone account for more than half of the global catch of tuna,
followed by yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore.
Ian
Urbina, a former investigative reporter for the New York Times, is the
director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a non-profit journalism
organization based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on reporting about
environmental and human rights crimes at sea."
Illegal fishing fleets generate $10 billion in annual sales
The Thunder. (Simon Arger/Selase Kove-Seyram/Sea Shepherd)
If
you look at the taxonomy of crime that plays out offshore, it’s both
diverse and acute. And yet illegal fishing sits at the top of that
hierarchy. It’s a global business estimated at $10 billion in annual
sales, and one that is thriving, as improved technology has enabled
fishing vessels to plunder the oceans with greater efficiency.
The
Thunder flourished in this context. Interpol had issued a Purple Notice
on the ship, the equivalent of adding it to a most wanted list, a
designation given to only four other ships in the world up to that time.
The vessel had collected over $76 million fromthe illicit sales of seafoodin the past decade, more than any other ship, according to Interpol estimates.
Banned
since 2006 from fishing in the Antarctic, the Thunder had been spotted
there repeatedly in the years that followed. In 2015, that’s where the
environmental organization Sea Shepherd found it. Speaking through a
translator, Peter Hammarstedt, captain of the Bob Barker, warned that
the Thunder was banned from fishing in those waters and would be
stopped.
It was the beginning of an extraordinary chase and the
subject of the second episode of “The Outlaw Ocean” podcast, from CBC
Podcasts and the L.A. Times. Listen to it here:
For
110 days and more than 10,000 nautical miles spanning two seas and
three oceans, the Bob Barker and a companion ship, both operated by Sea
Shepherd, trailed behindthe trawler, with the three
captains close enough to watch one another’s cigarette breaks and
on-deck workout routines. In an epic game of cat-and-mouse, the ships
maneuvered through an obstacle course of giant ice floes, endured a
cyclone-like storm, faced clashes between opposing crews and nearly
collided in what became the longest pursuit of an illegal fishing vessel
in history.
As chronicled by the Outlaw Ocean Project,
a nonprofit journalism organization whose reporter was on board the Bob
Barker, the chase ended with a distress call from the Thunder. “We’re
sinking,” the Thunder’s captain pleaded over the radio. The ships
operated by Sea Shepherd rescued the crew and tried gathering evidence
of its crimes before the ship sank to the bottom of the ocean.
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Sportsmen’s Bills Reemerge in the Senate Sportfishing industry
urges Congress to advance bipartisan legislation to benefit fisheries
conservation and access
Alexandria, VA –
November 7, 2013 - Two bills have been introduced in the U.S.
Senate that includes numerous legislative measures beneficial to anglers and
hunters across the nation. In large part they pick up the measures contained
in the Sportsmen’s Act that failed to pass at the end of the 112th Congress.
Sens. Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Thune (R-S.D.) introduced the first bill, S
1335, on July 18, 2013. Sen. Hagan (D-N.C.) introduced the Sportsmen’s and
Public Outdoor Recreation Traditions Act or SPORT Act on November 6, 2013.
Collectively the two bills contain 18 measures that will benefit our nation’s
sportsmen and women by providing increased access to our public lands and
waters, habitat conservation, improving fish and wildlife management and
protecting the use of traditional fishing tackle. It is anticipated that
additional sought-after provisions will be added to the SPORT bill. If passed
it would be the most significant angler and hunter legislation in decades.
“We thank Sens. Murkowski and Hagan for taking the initiative to introduce
their bills,” said Gordon Robertson, vice president of the American
Sportfishing Association (ASA). “These two bills contain provisions that the
sportsmen’s community has sought for several years and their passage would be
momentous for the resources and to sportsmen and women. Fortunately, when you
look at the bills together, each package contains an almost equal number of
Democratic and Republican sponsors. This is extraordinary in today's
hyper-partisan climate and is a testament to how non-partisan,
sportsmen-oriented conservation measures can be achieved.”
Robertson further said, “We encourage Sens. Murkowski and Hagan to reach
across the aisle and join forces to pass these measures. It is our hope, and
expectation, that this important legislation will not be dragged down in
partisan Senate bickering as was last year’s bill.”
“Bipartisan action would greatly enhance the opportunity for passage,”
noted Robertson. “Cooperation would also demonstrate to sportsmen and women
that fish and wildlife and fishing and hunting issues are bipartisan issues.
Bipartisan bills would reenergize support from last year’s large and diverse
coalition of national conservation, fishing, hunting and public land advocacy
groups.”
In response to the bill’s introduction, the American Sportfishing
Association, the Boone and Crockett Club, the Congressional Sportsmen’s
Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, the Mule Deer Foundation, the National Shooting
Sports Foundation, Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever and the Teddy Roosevelt
Conservation Partnership released a statement citing the importance of the
bills and urging bipartisan action by the Senate.
“Recreational fishing supports 828,000 jobs and contributes $115 billion
to the economy annually, both are critical economic areas these monumental
bill packages will enhance,” said Robertson. “We encourage anglers and
hunters to reach out to their Senators and ask them to become co-sponsors as
well as urge the sponsors of these two important bills to join forces.”
Robertson stated, “Anglers and hunters can take action by going to www.KeepAmericaFishing.org
and send a message to their Senators urging them to do the right thing on
behalf of our nation’s natural resources and the men and women who enjoy
fishing and hunting. There is also a description of the bills’ components.”
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The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) is the
sportfishing industry’s trade association committed to representing the
interests of the entire sportfishing community. We give the industry a
unified voice, speaking out on behalf of sportfishing and boating industries,
state and federal natural resource agencies, conservation organizations,
angler advocacy groups and outdoor journalists when emerging laws and
policies could significantly affect sportfishing business or sportfishing
itself. ASA invests in long-term ventures to ensure the industry will remain
strong and prosperous, as well as safeguard and promote the enduring social,
economic and conservation values of sportfishing in America. ASA also gives
America's 60 million anglers a voice in policy decisions that affect their
ability to sustainably fish on our nation's waterways through KeepAmericaFishing™, our angler advocacy campaign.
America’s anglers generate over $48 billion in retail sales with a $115
billion impact on the nation’s economy creating employment for more than
828,000 people.
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