Sentences with phrase «bluefin tuna population»

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.

When new quota levels for bluefin tuna were set last November, amid political wrangling, were described as being a «mockery of science», ignoring the evidence that the the East Atlantic bluefin tuna populations were falling so quickly that they could soon be listed as an endangered species.

Not exact matches

But the new research indicates that the western populations are vulnerable to pressure from all Atlantic bluefin tuna fisheries.

The story has also been modified to reflect the fact that not all populations of the three species of bluefin tuna are threatened with collapse.

He says that Pacific bluefin tuna stocks have shrunk to just 4 % of the historical population, making proper stock management a matter of urgency.

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From the news that a single bluefin tuna has been sold for the highest price in the past nine years at a Tokyo fish auction to the government of Sweden allowing wolf hunting after a 45 - year ban to dwindle the population of 237 down to 210 wolves, a lot

A new study, published in the online edition of the journal Science, has provided fresh evidence that the ocean - crossing habits of two distinct populations of Atlantic bluefin tuna are contributing to mismanagement and the potentially devastating overfishing of the species.

Bringing back bluefin tuna to healthy population levels in order to create new fishing opportunities is a shared goal of environmentalists and fishermen.

Raising high - energy, warm - blooded predators that can swim 40 miles an hour, like the bluefin tuna, just doesn't feel right for a global population headed toward nine billion people.

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.

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

It's no secret that the world population of bluefin tuna is declining rapidly.