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Figure 016: The European Union is the political institution that has the greatest jurisdictional presence in the Mediterranean Sea: about 60% of the sea’s waters are under the control of one of the Member States. The 2004 enlargement (ten new members, seven of which were coastal) included three Mediterranean countries and two of these, Cyprus and Malta, contributed the greatest expanse of jurisdictional waters. Source: http://www.eurocean.org/contents.php?id=416 Figure 017: Mediterranean Sea FAO-CFGM Geographic Sub-areas. 15
2. A brief spatial & temporal analysis of the Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Purse seining fishery. Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) (BFT) spawning across the Mediterranean Sea takes place from early May to mid-July, as seen in Figure 018. Figure 018: Major known (yellow) and newly-found (pink) spawning areas for BFT inside the Mediterranean Sea. Source: EU Commission Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) April 3 rd to 7 th 2006 plenary session staff working paper (Opinion on sensitive and essential fish habitats in the Mediterranean Sea) and Industry sources. The most relevant spawning areas are: • The Balearic Islands fishing grounds (FAO-CFGM geographic sub-area Nº: 5) • The central and southern Tyrrhenian Sea fishing grounds (FAO-CFGM geographic subarea Nº: 10) • The central Mediterranean Sea, south and southwest of Malta fishing grounds (FAO-CFGM geographic sub-areas Nº: 13, 15 & 16) • The central Mediterranean Sea, north of Libya (FAO-CFGM geographic sub-areas Nº: 14, & 21) • The eastern Mediterranean, South Aegean Sea (FAO-CFGM geographic sub-areas Nº: 22, &23) • The eastern Mediterranean, Levantine Sea 18 (FAO-CFGM geographic sub-areas Nº: 24, 25 &27) • The eastern Mediterranean Sea, north of Egypt (FAO-CFGM geographic sub-area Nº: 26) BFT spawning-peaks, depending on climate and oceanographic conditions, take place during the months of June and July. Important spatial changes in some of the most relevant spawning areas have been noticed in the last 10 years, particularly in the south Tyrrhenian and central Mediterranean. Mature BFT specimens are reported from most of the Mediterranean areas, with the only exception of the Gulf of Lions and the northern Adriatic Sea. BFT larvae are found in most of the Mediterranean Sea surface waters, with major concentrations occurring in areas where gyres and fronts are present, particularly in the second part of summer. 18 Particularly the area between Anamur and Mersin, to the area north of Cyprus. 16
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 and 22: o Installed more powerful hydraulic
Page 23: o Installed more powerful and effic
Page 27 and 28: 3. Identification of ICCAT register
Page 29 and 30: were retained as being only Libyan
Page 31 and 32: Figure 022: Italian EU-IFOP finance
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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
Page 49 and 50: Name of PS Vessel EL CHOROLL II ELO
Page 51 and 52: Figure 041: Latest generation Spani
Page 53 and 54: c. The case of the Tunisian MED BFT
Page 55 and 56: This estimation is supported by Tun
Page 57 and 58: d. The case of the Turkish MED BFT
Page 59 and 60: BFT PS Vessel License Number GT Len
Page 61 and 62: e. The case of the Italian MED BFT
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Page 69 and 70: According to this survey, the total
Page 71 and 72: f. The case of the Croatian MED BFT
Page 73 and 74: 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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