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Novebmer 16, 2009- NOAA releases statement on ICCAT Annual Meeting
Novebmer 16, 2009- ICCAT decides on new catch limits
November 12, 2009- NMFS releases the bluefin tuna landings update through October 31, 2009.
Novebmer 9, 2009- The New York Times Editorial section prints Last Act for Bluefin
November 5, 2009- APP.com prints Push to protect bluefin tuna from overfishing continues
October 28, 2009- NMFS releases the bluefin tuna landings update through September 30, 2009.
October 19, 2009- ICCAT releases the 2009 SCRS report which includes stock assessment estimates and recommendations.
October 16, 2009- NOAA releases an analysis of the economic impact of a bluefin tuna CITES listing.
October 15, 2009- US Department of the Interior announces support for bluefin tuna CITES listing
October 1, 2009- The Second Annual Tag a Tiny Tournament was featured in the October edition of Commercial Fisheries News!
September 24, 2009- Collaborators AZTI Tecnalia recapture a fish tagged in the Mediterranean a year before!
September 23, 2009- Ecofactory.com reports Bluefin Tuna Fishing Ban Fails in the EU
September 17, 2009- NMFS releases the bluefin tuna landings update through August 31, 2009.
September 9, 2009- Time Magazine reports Europe Moves Closer to Banning Bluefin Tuna Trade
August 24, 2009- NMFS releases the bluefin tuna landings update through July 31, 2009.
August 20-23, 2009- The second annual Tag a Tiny tuna tournament will be held. The purpose of Tag a Tiny is to generate funds for Dr. Molly Lutcavage and the Large Pelagics Research Center at the University of New Hampshire. Registration is open to the public. If you'd like to participate, contact us at tagatiny@gmail.com
August 13, 2009- The Boston Globe reports on the second annual Tag A Tiny Tournament.
August 8, 2009- The Cape Cod Times reports on PhD student Kara Dodge's leatherback turtle research. Check it out here!
July 28, 2009- Monace seeks globa bluefin tuna trade ban
July 24, 2009- First Tag a Tiny conventional tag recaught in Virginia! Find out more here!
July 15, 2009- NMFS announces the bluefin tuna landings update
July 13, 2009- Molly Lutcavage and other researchers from the University of New Hampshire are featured in the UNH alumni magazine in "Future of Fishing".
July 13, 2009- The United States Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA's Fisheries Service announce proposed resolutions, decisions, and agenda items that the United States is considering submitting at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in March 2010.
June 22-26, 2009- GLOBEC announces the 3rd Open Science Meeting in Victoria, BC, Canada
June 1, 2009- NMFS Announces Final Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas and Effort Controls for the 2009 Fishing Year
May 18-21- TunaCamp meeting held in California, LPRC members attend and present
May 14, 2009- LPRC to present at the Freeport Tuna Club monthly meeting
May 12- LPRC hosts the annual Principle Investigator's Meeting at the University of New Hampshire
April 31, 2009- Ostervill Anglers Tuna Club seminar- LPRC members to present
April 26, 2009- LPRC undergraduate Elise Koob presents a poster at the Undergraduate Research Conference at the University of New Hampshire.
April 22, 2009- LPRC welcomes Dr. Leif Nottestad to our annual seminar series- free and open to the public.
April 12, 2009- NewHampshire.com features story on Dr. Molly Lutcavage's bluefin research in Researcher needs support for study of disappearing tuna
April 14, 2009- LPRC welcomes Dr. Richard Brill to our annual seminar series- free and open to the public.
April 3-5, 2009- LPRC participates in the New England Saltwater Fishing Show, hosted by RISAA
March 31, 2009- The Large Pelagics Research centers hosts seminar speaker Dr. Rebecca Lent- free and open to the public
March 28, 2009- Maddies Angler's Club seminar, LPRC members to present, click here for more info
March 26, 2009- LPRC director Molly Lutcavage featured in an interview with local food report writer Elspeth Pierson
March 25, 2009- All restaurants, retailers and chefs in the Principality of Monaco have removed Atlantic bluefin tuna from their shelves and menus
March 20-22, 2009- Hook-up bluefin tuna seminar, advance ticket purchase required, click here for details
March 12, 2009- Bayside Marine tuna seminar, LPRC members to present, click here for more events
February 28, 2009- Catching Bluefin Tuna Free Seminar, LPRC members to present, click here for more info
February 19, 2009- NMFS releases the most recent bluefin tuna landing reports and new specifications for the fishery
February 18, 2009- The procceeds from the sale of limited edition hand carved and painted bleufin tuna sculptures
by Ellen McCaleb are being donated to LPRC.
February 17, 2009- LPRC participates in the Boston Charter Boat Captain's Association meeting
January 31, 2009- The Coastal Conservation Association presents TUNAMANIA at the Red Hook Brewery with guest speaker Molly Lutcavage
December 18, 2008- NMFS announces the new bluefin retention limits, effective January 1, 2009
December 15, 2008- Pacific Nations to cut bigeye catch by 30 percent.
December 9, 2008- NMFS announces the updated bluefin tuna landings through December 1
December 4, 2008- Molly Lutcavage's key note lecture at the Northeast Regional Tagging symposium was highlighted in the Gulf of Maine Times
November 28, 2008- The Christain Science Monitor reports on the recent ICCAT recommendations
November 28, 2008- Time magazine online reports on recent ICCAT recommendations
Novebmer 24, 2008- WWF reports on the recent ICCAT recommendations
November 17-24, 2008- ICCAT holds meetings in Marrakech, Morocco to determine quota recommendations
November 1, 2008- NMFS announces the bluefin tuna landings through November 1
Dr. Molly Lutcavage lectures at The Explorer's Club in New York City
October 17, 2008- NMFS announces the bluefin tuna landings through October 1
October 13, 2008- WWF announces Spain and Japan's plans to back the bluefin tuna ban in the Mediterranean
October 11, 2008- Cape Breton Post announces a Large Pelagice Research Center PSAT tag reporting from land in Cape Breton Island, calling for help from locals
September 15 , 2008- Large Pelagics Research Center's bluefin tuna tagging efforts are highlighted in the Coastal Conservation Association's magazine Tide
September 10, 2008- NMFS announces the bluefin tuna landings through September 1
September 6, 2008- Leatherback turtle research featured in the Portland Press Herald
August 29, 2008- NMFS adjusts the general category limit for Atlantic bluefin tunafrom September-December 2008
August 28, 2008- NMFS press release features Large Pelagics Research Laboratory leatherback turtle research
August 3, 2008- Atlantic bluefin tuna landings are released by NMFS from January through August 2008
August 1, 2008- Researchers Tag First-ever Free-swimming Leatherback Turtles In New England
August 1, 2008- Where do the giant turtles go? features tagging efforts by our leatherback group
August 1, 2008- Leatherback turtle tagging story featuring PhD candidate Kara Dodge
July 31, 2008- UNH media relations sends out a press release highlighting the tagging success of our leatherback group
July 3, 2008- Rare turtle washes up on Cape Cod beach, and Kara Dodge is featured in this news story and video at boston.com
July 1,2008- Welcome to TUNA SEASON! Landings statistics can be found here.
April 15, 2008- Large Pelagics Resesarch Center Director Molly Lutcavage and collaborator Selina Heppell contribute to the PRFP Newsletter
April 1, 2008- UNH Tag A Tiny program is featured in Billfish: the Billfish Foundation's sportfishing conservation magazine
March 20, 2008- Europe clamps down on overfishing of bluefin tuna
March 18, 2008- BBC radio4 follows Large Pelagics Research Lab turtle tagging team to Georgia in its World on the Move series
March 5, 2008- Southern bluefin tuna in Australia spawn in captivity in SA company lands tuna breeding breakthrough
February 21, 2008- Juvenile tuna PSAT recovery highlighted in UNH Recovers Tuna Tag With Help From Cape Hatteras Mom
February 20, 2008- UNH's Dr. Andrew Rosenberg speaks about AAAS conference on New Hampshire's NPR show, the Exchange
February 20, 2008- NMFS releases bluefin tuna landing information for January 2008
February 18, 2008- WWF urges a tuna sales halt
February 15, 2008- X-Tag recovered off of Cape Hatteras! Read the story linking scientists, educators, parents and students!
February 1, 2008- Commercial Fisheries News highlights a leatherback turtle tag recapture story in it's February issue.
January 31, 2008- National Public Radio weighs in on the tuna/mercury controversy in this balanced story, Making Sense of Mercury in Fish
January 29, 2008- Coastal Conservation Association writes an article on the outlook for bluefin tuna
January 28, 2008- NMFS will hold an informal Atlantic bluefin tuna scientific workshop in St. Petersburg, FL on February 5-6, 2008, see details on the Highly Migratory Species page.
Januuary 25, 2008- The Slate posts a story refuting the NY Times report, including great links to other tuna-mercury reports, including this 2003 NY Times article on mercury in bluefin
January 24, 2008- Time magazine refutes NY Times report in The Danger of Not Eating Tuna
January 23, 2008- NY Times reports High Levels of Mercury are Found in Tuna Sushi
January 18, 2008- Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies features collaborative leatherback turtle work
January 16, 2008- UNH attends CLIOTOP meeting in La Paz, Mexico, details in this Campus Journal article
January 15, 2008- The Charlotte Observer reports giant bluefin tuna spark Outer Banks gold rush
January 13, 2008- 60 Minutes features bluefin tuna in their broadcast The King of Sushi
January 5, 2008- Bloomberg.com reports the most expensive tuna ever auctioned in Japan.
December 31, 2007- NMFS announces quotas for the 2008 fishing year and releases landing information
December 27, 2007- The Christian Science Monitor reports on the state of bluefin tuna, featuring quotes from Dr. Molly Lutcavage
December 17, 2007- CBS reports on decline of bluefin stocks in Sayonara, Sushi?
December 16, 2007- Seacoast online reports on bluefin condition decline in Bluefin tuna slimming down
December 6, 2007- Boston.com OP-ED entitled Only half of a solution on bluefin tuna
November 27, 2007- Reuters UK reports EU agrees quota cuts to save bluefin tuna
November 26, 2007- Boston.com OP-ED entitled Tuna Greed, addresses ICCAT issues
November 21, 2007- APP.com reports on the lack of changes to bluefin fishery after ICCAT meeting
November 20, 2007- Canadian Press issues a statement expressing "disappointment" ICCAT meeting
November 18, 2007- WWF criticizes ICCATs decision not to impose a moratorium on bluefin tuna fishing
November 17, 2007- OpEd article in the New York Times entitled The Bluefin Slaughter
November 14-2007- Large Pelagics Research Center director Molly Lutcavage and Large Pelagics Research Lab students featured on Boston's "Chronicle" along with co-operative research collaborators Mike Genovese, Bob Campbell, Eric Stewart and Mike Matthews!
November 5, 2007- HMS releases the newest commercial bluefin tuna landings
November 5, 2007- WWF report highlights inconsistencies in trade and catch data in the Mediterranean
November 3, 2007- Cape Cod Times reports Bluefin Fishery in Danger of Collapse, with quotes from Large Pelagics Research Center director Molly Lutcavage
October 31, 2007- NMFS adjusts the general category bluefin tuna retention limits
October 23, 2007- The BBC reports on the state of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean
October 17, 2007- WWF calls for a moratorium on Mediterranean bluefin tuna
October 7, 2007- The Times Colonist reports on bluefin stocks in Canada, with quotes from Large Pelagics Research Center Director Molly Lutcavage and Cooperative Research Collaborators Ewan Clark and Eric Jacquard
October 2, 2007- Turtle entanglement story featuring work by Large Pelagics Research Lab graduate student Kara Dodge with the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
October 2, 2007- HMS releases the newest commercial bluefin tuna landings, and proposed initial bluefin tuna quota for 2008
October 1, 2007- MSNBC reports Sushi Passion Threatens Mediterranean Tuna
September 20, 2007- WWF reports on the closure of the Mediterranean and East Atlantic bluefin tuna fisheries
September 20, 2007- WWF's second installment of their bluefin tuna Witness Series
September 19, 2007- BBC news reports Europe bans bluefin tuna fishing
September 17, 2007- Commercial Fisheries News reports Bluefin purse seine ban expires; inshore net regs to be revised
September 7, 2007- Large Pelagics Research Lab tagging work featured in: Tagging programs improving knowledge of bluefin habits
September 5, 2007- HMS releases the newest commercial bluefin tuna landings
Septmber 4, 2007- Dr. Molly Lutcavage's interview on NECN Cable News- Fishermen suffer under decline of bluefin tuna
September 3, 2007- Cape Cod Times reports Bluefin tuna increasingly scarce in inshore waters
September 3, 2007- WWF reports Bluefin tuna sanctuary needed to save fish species in western Mediterranean
August 28, 2007- Hear Walter Golet's interview on bluefin condition decline on Maine Things Considered (produced by Barbara Cariddi of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network)
August 28, 2007- ScienceDaily.com reports on Large Pelagics Research Lab study on bluefin condition
August 26, 2007- Large Pelagics Research Lab scientists find that bluefin numbers and condition are dwindling in this news story
August 23, 2007- UNH press release regarding new paper on bluefin tuna condition decline
August 13, 2007- Boston Globe article on bluefin tuna fishery featuring Molly Lutcavage and Large Pelagics Lab collaborators!
August 8, 2007- WWF marks the end of the Mediterranean tuna season with their Witness Series
August 7, 2007- Updated bluefin tuna landings posted on HMS webpage
August 1, 2007- The Guardian reports PEI tuna fishery starts off with a bang, over 30 fish in just two days!
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