Sentence examples for tonnage caught from inspiring English sources
Within each study, catches and IUU fishing (discarded and illegal assembled separately) of the four highest volume (i.e., tonnage caught) species were estimated from the source studies (seven countries only had three species listed).
Countries were selected based on the volume (tonnage) of catches reported to have been taken in their EEZ in order of magnitude (i.e., their importance as fishing areas).
Virtually all fisheries in U.S. waters are managed by limiting either the tonnage of fish that can be caught or the minimum size of the fish that can be landed.
With its 200 fishing vessels, New Bedford is the number one fishing port in the country in profits based largely on the tonnage of weight-in-gold scallops caught by New Bedford fishermen each year.
The scheme counts all fish caught, including the "discard", as part of the total cod quota, obliging fishermen to stop fishing once their tonnage limit is reached, regardless of species.
He said: "While fishing opportunity in terms of tonnage has always been vital, this time around it was the granting of enough time at sea to actually catch the fish that was under threat.
Why was it so hard to catch a fish in river that ranks second globally in number of fish species and has no real peers for the tonnage of its fish harvest?
Until recently, it was the No. 1 fishing port in terms of tonnage and value of catch.
"I would think it has something to do with the fact that the June number was low and there was some catch-up tonnage coming through," said Graeme Train, analyst with Macquarie in Shanghai.
Between the 1950s and 1980s the annual seafood catch increased (in tonnage), and peaked in the late 80s to early 90s.
