This article is reprinted with permission from Sustainable Fishmonger, which is Flying Fish Company’s nonprofit arm for education and experience to help people reach a deeper connection to their food. Top photo: Pacific Bluefin Tuna. Photo credit: NOAA. Last month, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) held its quarterly meeting in Costa Mesa, California. The […]
Atlantic bluefin tuna, photo courtesy of Wikipedia In recent years, fishermen have seen a resurgence of Atlantic bluefin tuna off the United States coast, with 2024 commercial and recreational landings some of the highest in many years. In fact, as things stand now, 2024 bluefin landings, when combined with dead discards, were a little too […]
Is “Limiting Out” Becoming Passé? Top photo: Releasing a bluefin tuna I’m not gonna lie, man. I kinda dislike the term “limiting out”… Actually, I hate it. Mostly because it implies a certain, perhaps outdated, way of thinking – that your fishing trip wasn’t really successful unless you killed the maximum allowed under the current […]
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