Australia's southern bluefin tuna quota raised 10 percent
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Advertiser] By Nigel Austin - October 24, 2014 -
The recovery of the Port Lincoln tuna farming industry has taken a $15 million step forward following another 10 per cent increase in the wild catch quota.
The Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna this week decided to lift the Australian tuna catch quota by 10pc in 2015 on top of a 30pc rise since 2011.
The increase takes the Australian tuna quota to 5665 tonnes next year, the highest level since 1989 – before the tuna farming industry started in the sea off Port Lincoln.
Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association chief executive Brian Jeffriess said, “It’s great news – if you don’t have a sustainable stock you don’t have a fishery,” Mr Jeffriess said, adding the tuna industry would go from farmed production of 8720t this year to 9800 tonnes next year...
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