CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -World Tuna Day is observed every year on May 2. This day is established by the United Nations General Assembly to raise awareness about the importance of Tuna Day.

Detailed explanation-2: -Using art, music, dance, writing, video, PNA invites you to share your vision of this year’s theme: “Our Tuna, Our Heritage” as the world gets ready to celebrate World Tuna Day, May 2, 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tuna is rich in Omega-3 and it also contains minerals, proteins, and vitamin B12, among other advantages. That is why in December 2016, the United Nations General Assembly voted to officially observe World Tuna Day.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are 7 tuna species and 4 species of mackerel reported from the Bangladesh continental shelf (Khan, 1992). They are either not exploited or exploited only as by catch or as incidental catches of the drift gillnet fisheries. These groups of fishes are not popular for food to the local people.

Detailed explanation-5: -The United Nations (U.N.) is responsible for setting overall policies and guidelines for the management of fisheries – including tuna fisheries – around the world. Adopted in 1982 and put into force in 1994, the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) is considered a “constitution for the oceans”.