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Data obtained from the Mediterranean Sea BFT PS fleet shows that this fleet has increased by 203 new commissioned and operative fishing units during the 1996-2007 period (see Figure 007). In 2007, the number of recorded operative BFT PS vessels inside the Mediterranean Sea amounted to 593 and an expected estimated 621 could be operative during 2008-2009 (see Figure 023). Figure 023: Yearly variations of MED BFT PS Catch reported to ICCAT-SCRS Vs. MED PS operative fishing fleets and ICCAT recorded MED BFT ranching capacities. In 2007, the total declared Mediterranean Sea BFT ranching capacity, according to ICCAT itself reached a staggering level of 59,842 Mt, that is an almost 100 Mt per operative BFT PS vessel, yet this does not mean that Mediterranean Sea tuna ranches were filled to their maximum biomass capacity during that year (see Figure 024). Figure 024: Aerial view of AJD Tuna’s infrastructure at Comino Channel on July 19 th 2007. 20 Ø50m empty tuna cages with a total ranching capacity for 3.000.000,00 Kgs. were counted. Picture ©®: by: M.S.P.A.P. According to Industry reported data 26 , submitted by the Japanese delegation to ICCAT’s latest November 2007 Antalya Meeting, total amount of purse-seined and live-transferred BFT into Mediterranean tuna ranches amounted to only 17,830 Mt which would mean that tuna ranches across the Mediterranean were filled to just 29.8% of their full capacity. 26 Source: Suisan Times, October 15 th 2007. 23
Figure 025: Average yearly catch per operative MED BFT PS vessel, according to yearly MED PS BFT catch reports to ICCAT-SCRS. Source: ICCAT-SCRS Task I 2007 12 21 Update. Should yearly MED PS BFT catch reports to ICCAT-SCRS by Mediterranean Sea contracting parties be believed, the average yearly BFT catch per operative purse seine vessel would have plummeted by as much as 51.53 % during the 1996-2007 period (see Figure 025). Figure 026: Expected estimated Number of BFT PS units operative during 2008. 24
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 and 24: o Installed more powerful and effic
Page 25 and 26: 2. A brief spatial & temporal analy
Page 27 and 28: 3. Identification of ICCAT register
Page 29 and 30: were retained as being only Libyan
Page 31: Figure 022: Italian EU-IFOP finance
Page 35 and 36: In terms of Total Installed Power o
Page 37 and 38: Maximum yearly potential BFT catch
Page 39 and 40: Such figures have since then been r
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
Page 63 and 64: Figure 032: Best and maximum yearly
Page 65 and 66: Name of vessel Operative since and
Page 67 and 68: Name of vessel Operative since and
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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Page 77 and 78: Figure 049: Maximum and average est
Page 79 and 80: Our assessment is furthermore suppo
Page 81 and 82: 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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