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The U.S. has pushed for strong international action to stop overfishing of bluefin tuna by eastern harvesters in the Mediterranean and the eastern Atlantic Ocean.»

In short, N.O.A.A.'s solution to the incidental catch of bluefin tuna by surface longline fishermen is to allow them a larger share of the quota.

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You are looking at thousands of bluefin tuna that are six feet long and all are auctioned off and gone by 10 in the morning.

PAHs could stunt growth, an effect that could ripple through the ecosystem: smaller organisms are picked off by predators at a young age, leaving less food for larger fish such as red snapper and bluefin tuna.

Bigeye tuna or lean bluefin tuna, which are more common in restaurants, had concentrations that approached or overshot by about 4 % the FDA limit — of 1.0 parts per million.

Underneath a helium - filled shark balloon, researchers discussed the endangered bluefin tuna and the efforts by an E.U. - funded collaboration to map out its life cycle and induce the fish to reproduce in captivity.

She recommends avoiding overfished species such as shark, orange roughy and bluefin tuna and instead looking for seafood that has been caught in Australian waters, particularly wild bream, flathead, King George whiting and Australian salmon, all of which are categorised by the Australian Marine Conservation Society as the most sustainable in the current marketplace.

Albacore and bluefin tuna have the highest levels of omega - 3 fatty acids followed by skipjack and yellowfin.

Nov. 16, 2009 The latest meeting of the international commission created to manage harvests of tunas and other wide - ranging fish species in the Atlantic Ocean ended by setting 2010 quotas for bluefin tuna that conservation groups and United States fisheries officials said were — while lowered — still far too high to allow the imperiled fish to recover.

A couple of pieces in The Times relate to ongoing coverage here of the causes and consequences of variations in solar activity and the issues raised by the burgeoning human appetite for sushi - bound fish, particularly bluefin tuna.

I encourage you to read «Tuna: A Love Story,» by Richard Ellis and explore the Atlantic bluefin entry in the Encyclopedia of Life.

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Environmental and fishing communities have long been concerned about the massive waste of Atlantic bluefin tuna caught incidentally by surface longline fishermen targeting swordfish and yellowfin tuna.

The biomass of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin has declined by about 30 percent over the last two decades, particularly since the onset of tuna «ranching» for the sushi trade, and the fish is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced today that «based on careful scientific review» it will not list Atlantic Bluefin tuna under the Endangered Species Act, a decision both lauded and admonished by those in the hot - topic arena.

Lee Crockett, who directs Atlantic bluefin tuna conservation for the Pew Environment Group, released the following statement in response to a request by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) for proposals to develop an electronic bluefin catch documentation system.

But the population of western Atlantic bluefin tuna has declined by 64 percent from its 1970s level, due to decades of overfishing and use of wasteful fishing gear such as surface longlines, which indiscriminately catch and kill these tuna.

The Treesaver e-reader debuted with a global investigation by the Center's International Consortium of Investigative Journalists into the plundering of the majestic bluefin tuna population by an international black market.

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At current rates of catch, driving up by increasing demand from Japan for use in sushi, Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks will be gone within 3 years.

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Atlantic and Southern bluefin tuna are both listed as endangered by IUCN, with populations of the former reduced 80 % since the 1970s.

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Since 1970, western Atlantic bluefin tuna have declined by about 70 percent due to overfishing.

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Atlantic bluefin tuna are corralled by fishing nets during the opening of the season in 2011 for tuna fishing off the coast of Barbate, Cadiz province, southern Spain.