ANOVA Blane Olson
ANOVA Blane Olson
ANOVA Blane Olson
Sustainability Successes
Lake Victoria Perch (Wild Catch) Bukoba, Tanzania
Certified Sustainable by Naturland May 2009
Pompano (Farmed)
Pulas Seribu, Jakarta AquaGap Certified Nov 2010
Progress to Date
1st Hand Line Tuna Pre Assessment 2009 2nd All Tuna Fisheries Pre Assessment 2010 Tuna Fisheries Improvement Program FIP Tuna Management Plan Blue Print Handed over to MMAF July 22
Timeline
Long way to go. WWF estimate is 5 years MSCs framework is extremely difficult in a data or management insufficient environment, so there is still a lot of work.
Lessons
Partnerships, partnerships, partnerships. There is a need to bring all of the groups working in Indonesia on data collection (and CTI) together. Working on this.
Bad News
Tuna landings are down 40% this year. We saw a strong decline at the end of 2010 and the trend has continued right through 2011. I have personally purchased tuna from Indonesia since 1994 and have never seen anything like this. Yes - Water temperature definitely an issue. No question the La Nina effect has disrupted migration routes.
Major Issue The wholesale destruction of the juvenile yellowfin tuna population by explosive growth and non regulation of the purse seine industry in Indonesia.
The largest vessel allowed to purse in archipelagic water is 60 tons unload Ambon you cannot tell me he came from the EEZ to transload in Ambon Decree - All fish caught in Indonesian waters must be landed in Indonesia Decree - All fish caught in Indo waters must be processing in Indonesia Fish caught by this PS could support 1000 fishermen for a year catches are down substantially and community fishermen are suffering. Canneries in Bitung are going bankrupt These tuna belong to Indonesian fishermen and should be used to ensure their livelihoods and Food Security.
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2005/6 the large Indo Longline vessels became Commercially Extinct (CPU below economically sustainable level) due to fuel prices and overfishing. Vessels converted to squid or to purse seine. Purse seines discovered FADs and became extremely efficient at catching both SKJ and juvenile YF (30-40%.)
There are now so many of these purse seine vessels that the long line vessels are at war because there are so many FADs they cannot set their gear. Hear rumor now with longline (large) tuna catches so low, at least 400 existing long line boats will switch to purse seine. There is no active regulation enforcement of the catch of these vessels. This is a catastrophe in the making!
History Scares Me
Ecuador Mahi 2003 Plants produced 150 containers per month of hand line caught mahi mahi. Combination of water temps and purse seining in Peru interrupting migration and spawning. Since 2003 the fishery has never regained the size it was. 20 FCL / 4 month is now the norm in the Ecuador mahi industry.
Indonesia MUST manage the purse seine fishery today. CTI membership must take up this issue.
Conclusion
Sustainability involves all fisheries, and if you ignore one then it is all for nothing. CTI should encourage government, industry and NGOs to work to regulate all tuna catch in Indonesia. Government of Indonesia needs to effectively manage the tuna fishery.
Thank You
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