Parliament Greenlights EU-Cabo Verde Sustainable Tuna Fishing Deal, Aiming for Ocean Conservation and Economic Growth

Parliament Greenlights EU-Cabo Verde Sustainable Tuna Fishing Deal, Aiming for Ocean Conservation and Economic Growth

Parliament has given the green light to a new tuna fishing pact with Cabo Verde. Under this revised agreement, 56 European Union ships will be permitted to catch tuna and similar species in the waters surrounding Cabo Verde over the next five years. A fleet consisting of 24 freezer tuna seiners, 10 pole-and-line tuna boats, and 22 surface longliners, originating from Spain, France, and Portugal, has been granted permission to harvest up to 7,000…

Irish Skippers Wanted to Support Scientific Study on Bluefin Tuna - The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News

Inland Fisheries Ireland has called on Irish skippers to support the newest scientific programme for Atlantic bluefin tuna Applications have opened today for experienced angling skippers to catch and release Atlantic bluefin tuna as part of a collaborative scientific survey. The initiative targets Atlantic bluefin – the world’s largest tuna species – to co…

Eight vessels of the Basque tuna-cerquero-freezing fleet will be able to fish in the waters of Cape Verde during the next five years.

PNV MEP Ohiane Agirregoitia stressed that the fisheries protocol with Cape Verde approved by the European Parliament, which will benefit eight Basque tuna vessels, follows the EU's "strict" criteria "on fisheries management, resource conservation and environmental sustainability", and "strictly respects human rights and contributes to local socio-economic development".