Bruno Leroy of Radio New Zealand International reports that Samuela Ratini, a crew member of a Taiwanese vessel, has caught a 220 pound big eye tuna about 620 miles east of Fiji that was tagged in 2000. Interestingly, the fish was caught in roughly the same area where it was tagged. The Secretariat of the Pacific […]
The Fiji Times Online is reporting today that Chinese tuna boat operators are targeting sharks as a primary fishery. Speaking with Kaiafa Ledua, a Fijian who worked aboard a Chinese tuna boat for six years. According to Ledua, fishermen would receive triple pay for each shark they brought in compared with the payment for a […]