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o Massively used tuna-spotting aircrafts (see Figure 13); Figure 013: Cessna 337 Skymaster and Partenavia P-68 Observer type tuna-spotting aircrafts used mainly by BFT fishing companies during the summer fishing season inside the Mediterranean Sea. o Installed more efficient main seine winches (see Figure 14); Figure 014: French designed and manufactured BOPP hydraulic main seine winch (capacity: from 1800 m Ø 20 to 2500 m Ø 24) used onboard by most last generation Mediterranean Sea BFT purse seine fishing vessel. 13
o Installed more powerful and efficient seine skiffs (see Figure 15); Figure 015: Spanish designed and manufactured 250hp BFT purse seining skiff used onboard by most last generation Mediterranean Sea BFT purse seine fishing vessel. o Increased fish sounder and sonar detection and radar technology efficiencies, coupled with chlorophyll and zooplankton satellite telemetry. The case of BFT purse seining fleets inside the Mediterranean Sea has thus become a rather unique paradigmatic case of spiralling overfishing, thus deserving an in-depth analysis of its real fishing capacity. 15 The present report provides a detailed account of the estimated fishing capacity of operative purse seine fleets (LOA > 20m) targeting bluefin tuna inside the Mediterranean Sea (see Figure 016), namely inside FAO-CFGM geographic sub-areas 1 to 27, as shown in Figure 017. The estimated active Mediterranean bluefin tuna purse seine fleet (LOA > 20m) is fully characterized in terms of: • Identification of ICCAT registered and non-registered operative BFT PS fishing vessels (LOA > 20m); • Maximum recorded and/or reported catch capacity 16 based on a detailed analysis of catch rates per specific national and multi-national BFT PS fishing fleets; • Minimum economic “break-even” catch-capacity per operative fleet and excess fleet capacity, in number of vessels per fleet segment 17 . 15 FAO defines fishing capacity, as “ the maximum amount of fish over a period of time that can be produced by a fishing fleet if fully utilised, given the biomass and age structure of the fish stock and the present state of the technology”. Nevertheless, Prof. Makoto Miyake opportunely points out: “…the term “fishing capacity” is often misunderstood, even by the fisheries scientists. Fishing capacity is the potential of catching tunas. Therefore, the term not only includes the vessel’s carrying capacity or number and/or size of fishing vessels but socio-economic aspects as well. For example, the fishing capacity of a fishing fleet may decline by fish price, and soaring labour cost while increase by improvements in fishing gears and efficiency.” Source: OPRT Newsletter Nº: 10, March 2006. 16 “Today, there is clearly a wide overcapacity of Bluefin fishing fleets: large increases of fishing efforts have been observed until today, Often, this increase of the fleets, for instance the present fleet of about 200 purse seiners, has been widely supported by various types of subsidies. Most of these vessels cannot move to another target species, being highly specialized in the Bluefin fishery (French purse seiners). This situation of overcapacity has been created despite of the serious overfishing risks that were already well identified by Bluefin Tuna scientists. Present tuna fleets can easily catch 2 or 3 times the yearly quotas recommended by ICCAT.” Source: Bluefin Tuna management and conservation issues. Save Bluefin Tuna ! By Alain Fonteneau, IRD tropical tuna expert. Rome 2005. 17 In each EU member state, taking as a reference the adjusted BFT fishing quotas for 2008, as well as the increase of capacity of BFT fleets in non-EU Mediterranean countries. 14
Page 1 and 2: Race for the last bluefin Capacity
Page 3 and 4: WWF’s exhaustive new report, Race
Page 5 and 6: Mediterranean BFT purse seine fleet
Page 7 and 8: TABLE 1 - ESTIMATED CAPACITY REDUCT
Page 9 and 10: WWF conclusions This report sets th
Page 11 and 12: Fishing capacity of the bluefin tun
Page 13 and 14: 1. Introduction Rampant overfishing
Page 15 and 16: Contracting Parties 1996 or Base�
Page 17 and 18: Figure 004. Bluefin tuna biomass tr
Page 19 and 20: • A growing number of new purse s
Page 21: o Installed more powerful hydraulic
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Page 27 and 28: 3. Identification of ICCAT register
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Page 35 and 36: In terms of Total Installed Power o
Page 37 and 38: Maximum yearly potential BFT catch
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Page 41 and 42: a. The case of the French MED BFT P
Page 43 and 44: Name of PS Vessel Date Time Latitud
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Page 53 and 54: c. The case of the Tunisian MED BFT
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2002 PS BFT Exports 2003 PS BFT Exp
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Table 016 summarises previously rec
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Figure 049: Maximum and average est
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Our assessment is furthermore suppo
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Figure 055: Croatian flagged BFT PS
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g. The case of the Algerian MED BFT
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h. The case of the Libyan MED BFT P
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In 2004. Libya declared 872.5 Mt ca
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Figure 066: Average yearly BFT catc
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i. The cases of the Greek, Maltese
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j. Initial conclusions. It thus app
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5. Minimum economic “break-even 8
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Malta would count 3 new units, all
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Year 1998 built PS total annual amo
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1997 built PS total annual amortisa
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Figure 076: Comparative Gross Fleet
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Figure 077: Gross Fleet Capital Inv
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As stated previously, the average I
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By applying such inflation linear t
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Algeria Croatia France Italy Libya
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Figure 081: Yearly variation of ave
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Croatia has only reported total PS
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6. List of Tables and Figures. a. F
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Figure 040: Maximum and average rep
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Figure 079: Estimated average annua
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7. List of acronyms AIS: Automated
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Annex I ANNEXES Bluefin tuna purse
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