25 permits will be issued for 2026, and will cost £500 each.
New regulations for a carefully controlled, 'catch and release' fishery for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in island waters have been approved.
READ: Sustainable tuna fishing allowed in Jersey waters this summer
After decades of international conservation work, Atlantic Bluefin Tuna have made a recovery.
Once classified as 'endangered', the species was upgraded to 'least concern' in 2021 following management across the Atlantic, and they have returned to Channel Island waters.
Jersey has joined the UK’s membership of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, so can participate in a regulated and internationally monitored fishery.
To receive an application form, islanders should email marineresources@gov.je.
Nowacki wins Jersey’s first Commonwealth Games medal in 36 years
Thousands expected at Havre Des Pas Festival this weekend
Commonwealth Games: Nowacki into 100m breaststroke final
Channel Islands face 'physical' Poland test
Price of heating oil and other fuel increase by more than half in a year
Man jailed for importing nearly £600k worth of cannabis in bumpers of his car
Baby born on Guernsey's Marine Ambulance
Drug trafficker who claimed he was the ‘Accredited Dealer' jailed
