After two months, US Pacific tuna fleet gets back out on the water

A number of U.S. fishing vessels reintroduced themselves to Pacific tuna fishing waters this past week, after nearly two months of absence.

According to Radio NZ, the return was spurred by a recent increase in skipjack tuna market prices around the world, as well as the re-licensing of the U.S. purse seine fleet.

Following the collapse of the tuna treaty between the U.S. tuna fleet and the Pacific Island nations at the onset of the year, a new deal has been forged that reduces the number of fishing days and allows boats to get back in the water. Whereas, in January, a record 38 purse seiners were docked in Majuro Lagoon – a thriving tuna transshipment port located in the western Pacific – currently that number has dropped to 24, reported Radio NZ’s Marshall Islands' correspondent.

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