Editorial

Staff · Issue 116, Sep/Oct 2020 · pp. 4

Editorial Peter Rowlands peter@uwpmag.com UK Tuna and UPY Believe it or not there was a healthy (?) tuna fishing hub in Scarborough on the east coast of the UK from the 1930’s for three decades until the fish numbers dwindled and made it impractical. The exact cause must surely have been overfishing of tunas food choice so it was a pleasant surprise to read that tuna sightings in the SouthWest part of the English Channel have seen a significant increase in recent years. The Thunnus UK project is trying to find out as much as they can about why bluefin are back in our waters. Over the next two years, they’ll be compiling sightings and mapping their migrations using satellite- communicating electronic tags. And what’s all this got to do with underwater photography? I can already hear you asking; well each year the amazing UPY winners have included images of some subjects which have never b…