Sentences with phrase «bluefin tuna conservation»

Such a presence in the middle of the fishing season has caused WWF to raise serious concerns that some boats might be operating in contravention of international bluefin tuna conservation rules.

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.

Not exact matches

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) says this gives the species a 60 per cent chance of recovering within 15 years, but environmental groups say it is not enough to save the bluefin from commercial extinction.

TOKYO — The conservation organization WWF is taking its campaign to save Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna to the source of the threat facing the species: Japanese consumers, who eat 80 % or so of the annual catch as sushi and sashimi.

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.

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.

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.

Many commercially fished species have been placed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's list of threatened species, including southern bluefin tuna, yellowtail flounder, Atlantic halibut, abalone, sturgeon, and several sharks.

Nobu sells a tremendous amount of endangered bluefin tuna, and despite repeated warnings about the looming commercial extinction of this majestic fish from a vast international amalgamation of scientists, conservation organizations, foodies, bloggers, aquaria, filmmakers, actors, and even a European prince, Nobu refuses to change its practices.

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via: Reuters Bluefin Tuna New Bluefin Tuna Quota Levels Are A «Mockery of Science» US Should Push for Bluefin Tuna Fishing Moratorium, Conservation Groups Say Fishing Ban Enacted for Bluefin Tuna in Eastern Atlantic & Mediterranean

The scientific and conservation communities have been calling for an international trade ban for years and Mathew told us last year about a report stating that Atlantic bluefin tuna could disappear in as little as three years if current catch levels were maintained.

According to Miyahara, Japan feels that the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas - and not the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, referred to as CITES, should be the organization managing bluefin tuna catches.

More at: BBC News Bluefin Tuna, Overfishing US Should Push for Bluefin Tuna Fishing Moratorium, Conservation Groups Say Fishing Ban Enacted for Bluefin Tuna in Eastern Atlantic & Mediterranean Overfishing Update: Endangered Atlantic Bluefin on the Menu at Nobu in London, EU to Reconsider Common Fishing Policy

You may have read how a bit over a week ago a number of environmental groups were calling on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat) to cut quota levels for bluefin tuna to protect that species from overfishing and collapse.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists both the Atlantic and the southern bluefin tuna as endangered or critically endangered on its «Red List» of imperiled species.