Japan’s fisheries agency has set area-based ceilings on the country’s catch of juvenile bluefin tuna to help restore the dwindling adult tuna stock in the Pacific Ocean.
These are the first ceilings of their kind and are designed to halve the yearly catch in 2015, compared with the average catch in the 2002-2004 seasons.
Of the 4,007 metric tons that will be allowed, 2,000 metric tons account for purse seine fishing by large and medium fishing boats. The other 2,007 metric tons will be for coastal fishing mainly by fixed nets, reported The
