“Shipbreaking” # 22
The 22nd Ship-breaking.com bulletin of information and analysis on the demolition of ships is available.
Among the key elements: the global statement 2010 of vessels sent to demolition and their destinations, the Italian LPG carrier Azzurra laid up in Peru, piracy and demolition in Somalia, the departure for scrapping of the ferry Senlac built by the Arsenal of Brest, the “scuttling” of the French ship demolition industry by a French parliamentary report, the situation in Bangladesh and the hilarious story of a whaler in the Antarctic launched in 1939 and withdrawn from the seas late 2010.
(Français) Pour une nouvelle enquête publique sur le dragage et l’immersion des boues de la BSM
Bigeye Tuna is in the Red
Not the Same Old Tuna – #5
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas and its adjacent seas – ICCAT.
17th -27th November Paris
The bigeye tuna in the Southern Atlantic grows quickly: 105 cm at 3 years old, 140 cm at 5 and 163 cm at 7. But it is disappearing even faster. The Gulf of Guinea houses the principle spawning ground, however the last assessment of bigeye tuna was taken in 2007, and the latest fishing figures date from 2005. Yet the contracted parties, notably the fishing states, were not in agreement over a project supported by the USA, the EU, and Japan, who would have imposed an onboard observer program and a 2 month suspension of all fishing activity. According to the Scientific Committee, “the bigeye tuna situation is worrisome.” The situation could deteriorate quickly with the movement of purse seine and longline vessels from the Indian Ocean to the Southern Atlantic over fear of piracy. Illegal fishing activity is suspected to be prevalent in this fishing ground and the total admissible catch for 2011 is set at 85,000 tons.
