Bluefin Tuna Industry Essay

Year 11 Economics

The Economic Problem
Australia’s Southern Bluefin
Tuna Industry
Chapter
1
Introduction
1.1 Outline of commercial fishing and its effect on the numbers of Southern Bluefin Tuna.
Australian fishermen mostly use a method of catching SBT (Southern Bluefin Tuna), called ‘Purse Seine Netting,’ or known colloquially as ‘Tuna Ranching.” It involves a process where approximately 2-3 year old SBT are surrounded by a circular net and than dragged back to waters near the mainland. There they placed in floating cages, that are anchored to the ocean floor and are left in the nets and fed enough food to fatten them up for a period rangi...