May 2012 PDF
May 2012
Pacific Tuna Commission Cannot Agree on Meaningful Steps to Protect Bigeye
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission absolutely had to achieve one thing at its eighth annual meeting. That was to adopt a new conservation measure to address the serious overfishing of bigeye tuna occurring in waters under the commission’s … Continued
Challenging the Dogma of MSY
Carmel Finley. All the Fish in the Sea: Maximum Sustainable Yield and the Failure of Fisheries Management. University of Chicago Press, 2011. 224 pages. Cloth: $35.00. “MSY: A quantity that has been shown by biologists not to exist, and by … Continued
NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Sandalwood, Sharks, and Sewage
Sandalwood at CITES? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering whether to submit a proposal to add all varieties of Hawaiian sandalwood to the CITES Appendix II list, which includes species that may not now be threatened with extinction … Continued
Editorial: The High Cost of Cheap Tuna
The 50 or so member states and participating non-members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission can agree on very little. Yet when the commission’s chaotic eighth meeting concluded after five long and raucous days of plenary sessions, with … Continued
Board Talk
Limu Stewards Oppose Plan to Alter Sand Berm in `Ewa Limu gatherers are once again challenging drainage improvements proposed for the mouth of Kaloi Gulch in `Ewa, O`ahu. But this time, they aren’t just up against Haseko (`Ewa), Inc. The … Continued