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10 October 2009
This is the day Yogi turns 50! Happy half-a-century, Yogibear!
It is also the day we learned about the circle hook and de-hooking tuna longline vessels’ by-catch.
Circle or C-hooks versus traditional J-hooks for tuna longliners
Hafizh Adyas of WWF Indonesia oversees the By-catch Programme, and Rudy Masuswo Purwoko, a Bitung fisheries teacher and former WWF onboard observer, trains the Nutrindo tuna longliner crew about de-hooking by-catch, and what circle hooks are all about.
Hafizh and Rudy train the fishing crew of Nutrindo how to de-hook by-catch like turtles
WWF Indonesia focuses on Onboard Observer Program in Bitung to help reduce the death of sea turtle by-catch and increasing the awareness of the fishing crew about releasing live by-catch.
Rudy demonstrating the use of a de-hooker to a longline fisherman
The dynamic duo Hafizh and Rudy gave a training to Nutrindo longliner crew, as the company has just bought new longline vessels.
Fisherman trainee correctly demonstrated the use of the de-hooker and showed understanding about c-hooks thereby receiving a c-hook T-shirt from WWF!
With some more collaboration with WWF let’s hope that Nutrindo will be ready to use c-hooks.
Pak Napsar and his Nutrindo crew pose with us for a WWF portrait. Converting longliners from using tradition j-hooks to c-hooks one boat at a time may be a little hope of our turtles after all . . .
3 Comments
Great blog, thank you. Makes your initiative look tangible and concrete. As a landlocked non-fishing Swiss, I appreciate learning about hooks and stuff!
happy Birthday Yoogi, when youre back in Bali sometime next year we will celebrate. For now, the pictures do celebrate your wealth of experience, great!
happy Birthday Yogi, when youre back in Bali sometime next year we will celebrate. For now, the pictures do celebrate your wealth of experience, great!