1. Anabac
La Asociación Nacional de Armadores de Buques Atuneros Congeladores (A.N.A.B.A.C.) se ocupa de la defensa de los intereses de la flota atunera congeladora vasca de pesca al cerco. ============================================================================= The National Association of Shipowners Ship Tuna Freezers (ANABAC) is responsible for defending the interests of the Basque tuna fishing seine fleet.
2. Big eye
The big eye tuna is one of five varieties of tuna that has been harvested for centuries. All tuna belong to the Sombridae family of mackerels. Like all tunas, big eyes are fast swimmers that can cover thousands of miles in several weeks during their seasonal migrations. Albacore tuna are marketed at sizes between 9 and 45 kg (20 to 100 lbs) although they can grow to over 225 kgs (500 lbs).
3. Bigeye
The bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, is an important food fish and highly sought after recreational game fish. It is a member of the true tunas of the genus Thunnus, belonging to the wider mackerel family Scombridae. Bigeye tuna are found in the open waters of all tropical and temperate oceans, but not the Mediterranean Sea. Its length is between 60 and 250 cm (23 and 93 inches). Maximum weight probably exceeds 400 lb with the all-tackle angling record standing at 392 lbs. A longer-lived fish than the closely related yellowfin tuna, the bigeye tuna is thought to have a lifespan of up to 10 to 12 years, with individuals achieving sexual maturity at the age of four. Spawning has been recorded as taking place in June and July in the northwestern tropical Atlantic and in January and February in the Gulf of Guinea in the eastern Atlantic, which is, so far, the only known nursery area for Atlantic bigeye tuna.
4. Calidro Morello
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5. CCSBT
The Commission's objective is to ensure, through appropriate management, the conservation and optimum utilisation of the global SBT fishery. The Commission also provides an internationally recognised forum for other countries/entities to actively participate in SBT issues.
6. Cepesca
La Confederación Española de Pesca (Cepesca), que agrupa el 75 por ciento del volumen total de tonelaje de la flota española y al 95 por ciento de la flota de altura. ============================================================================== The Spanish Fisheries Confederation (CEPESC) which comprises 75 percent of the total tonnage of the Spanish fleet and 95 percent of the deep fishing fleet
7. Chicken of the Sea
Based in San Diego, California, the company markets a variety of other seafood items under the Chicken of the Sea brand name, including clam, crab, mackerel, salmon and sardines. The original company was founded in 1914 when Frank Van Camp and his son bought the California Tuna Canning Company and changed the name to the Van Camp Seafood Company. The phrase Chicken of the Sea, first devised as a way to describe the taste, was so successful that soon it also became the company name. In 1963, Van Camp Seafood Company was purchased by Ralston Purina. In 1988, Ralston sold its Van Camp division to an Indonesian corporation, P.T. Mantrust, which had financial problems, and the primary creditor, Prudential Life Insurance, became the majority owner. In 1997 the company was purchased by the investment group Tri-Union Seafoods LLC, made up of three partners: 1. Thai Union International Inc., a Thai conglomerate based in Bangkok and the then largest tuna packer in Asia and second largest in the world 2. Edmund A. Gann, American owner of Caribbean Marine Service, Co., Inc., a tuna-fishing fleet 3. Tri-Marine International, Inc., a global trading company formed in Singapore in 1972 dealing in tuna and tuna products headed by Renato Curto, president and majority shareholder.
8. CIAT
La Comisión Interamericana del Atún Tropical (CIAT), es una organización regional fundada en 1949, que regula la pesca sustentable de atunes y otras especies migratorias en el Océano Pacífico Oriental, especialmente al este del meridiano 150o O. La integran 16 países
9. FAD
A fish aggregating (or aggregation) device (FAD) is a man-made object used to attract ocean going pelagic fish such as marlin, tuna and mahi-mahi (dolphin fish). They usually consist of buoys or floats tethered to the ocean floor with concrete blocks, some are used drifting in open oceans. They are deployed for use by both recreational and commercial fisheries and there are several types; natural drifting FADs (such as logs) and man-made FADs which can either be drifting or moored so that they float at the surface or lie subsurface. Subsurface FADs last longer due to less wear and tear from surface tension, but have the disadvantage of being harder to locate. Drifting FADs are used in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian ocean purse seine fisheries; over 1 million tons of tuna and over 100,000 tons of by-catch are caught in the vicinity of FADs each year. Many of the FADs deployed by the vessel contain sonar equipment and GPS receivers. A vessel can remotely contact a FAD, via satellite and look at the sonar readings to determine the size of a school of fish under the FAD. These are often referred to as "smart FADs". The widespread use of FADs has shifted the pattern of fishery exploitation of tunas over the past 20 years, with more smaller tunas being caught now than previously when pelagic purse seiners predominantly targeted free-swimming schools of tuna. Their use has also caused concern as bycatch of this fishery includes several species of pelagic sharks belonging to declining populations.
10. Harardhere
Harardhere Pirate Ransom Zone Harardhere, Somalia. Main pirate base in the Somalia region of Galmudug. Many hijacked ships from the Gulf of Aden pirate zone are anchored along the coast, near Harardhere. Harardhere is not a port, it is 20km (13mi) from the coast. The nearby villages of El Ghan and Hinbarwaqo are ports comonly used by the Harardhere pirates in small boats to provide re-supply for food, weapons, and personnel reinforcements. The largest source of income in this region is ransom money, and pirates control the town.
11. IATTC
The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), is a regional organization founded in 1949, which regulates fisheries sustainable tuna and other migratory species in the eastern Pacific Ocean, especially east of 150th O. It comprises 16 countries
12. IOTC
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) is an intergovernmental organization mandated to manage tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas. Its objective is to promote cooperation among its Members with a view to ensuring, through appropriate management, the conservation and optimum utilisation of stocks and encouraging sustainable development of fisheries based on such stocks.
13. Log Book
A Logbook was originally a book for recording readings from the log, and is used to determine the distance a ship traveled within a certain amount of time. The readings of the log have been recorded in equal times to give the distance traveled with respect to a given start position. Today's ship's log has grown to contain other types of information, and is a record of data relating to a ship or submarine, such as weather conditions, crew complement or what ports were docked at and when. It is essential to traditional navigation, and must be filled in at least daily. Clipper Log Book contain the fishing data as a catch position, type of catch, tons, wells, temperature etc.
14. Marshall
Officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. This nation of roughly 60,000 persons is located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia, and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island, to which it lays claim
15. Opagac
Associate Producers Organization of Large Tuna Freezers ========================================== Organización de Productores Asociados de Grandes Atuneros Congeladores
16. OPO
Spanish Acronym for Eastern Pacific Ocean (Océano Pacífico Oriental) Acrónimo en español de Oceano Pacífico Oriental (Eastern Pacific Ocean)
17. Pago Pago
Pago Pago is the capital town of American Samoa. It is actually a village area that is often mistaken to be a city (as in a capital or port city) of this south Pacific territory of the United States of America. Its 2000 population was 11,500. The village is located on Pago Pago Harbor, in the island of Tutuila. Tourism, entertainment, food, and tuna canning are the primary industries here. From 1878 to 1951, this was a coaling and repair station for the U.S. Navy. A portion of the docks at Fagatogo in Pago Pago Harbor. In the background is the Rainmaker (Pioa) Mountain Starkist's Charlie the Tuna at Atu‘u, Pago Pago, American Samoa Pago Pago is one of the several villages in the Urban agglomeration of Pago Pago along the shore of "Pago Pago harbor" located at the very eastern part (inside) of the embayment. The area includes a number of villages, among them Fagatogo, the legislative and judicial area, and Utulei, the executive area . However, because the name Pago Pago is associated with the harbor itself - the only significant port of call in American Samoa - Pago Pago is now generally applied not only to the village itself, but to the whole harbor area and to the villages in it.[1] It is in this sense that Pago Pago becomes the de facto capital town of American Samoa.
18. PNG
Acronym for Papua New Guinea, a country in Oceania, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the western portion of the island is a part of Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua). It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia.
19. Purse net
A fishing net, the mouth of which may be closed or drawn together like a purse.
20. sea trials
Sea trial is the testing phase of a watercraft (including boats, ships, and submarines). It is usually the last phase of construction and takes place on open water. "Sea trials" are conducted to measure a vessel's performance and general seaworthiness.
