Monday, 19 November 2012

Pacific fishing zones - lifeline for overfished tuna?

Pacific fishing zones - lifeline for overfished tuna?: Honolulu HI (SPX) Nov 18, 2012



Marine zoning in the Pacific Ocean, in combination with other measures, could significantly improve numbers of heavily overfished bigeye tuna and improve local economies, a fish modelling study has found.

Scientists working at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu, HI), the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia) and Collecte Localisation Satellites