Sentences with phrase «illegal bluefin tuna»

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Just look at recent coverage of the collapsing stocks of Atlantic bluefin tuna despite a treaty and theoretical limits, but with rampant illegal catches and continued sanctioned takes far above scientists» recommendations.

Contact Marta for stories about general ocean issues affecting Europe and Oceana's European - based campaigns on Mediterranean bluefin tuna, sharks, bycatch, overfishing subsidies, driftnetting, bottom trawling, marine protected areas, Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported fishing, mercury contamination, overfishing of prey species and the «Common Fishery Policy Reform.»

Though critically endangered, stocks have decline 80 % in the past three decades, the high prices paid for bluefin tuna in the Japanese market mean that quota levels are continually not set low enough to allow the fish to recover, as well meaning that there is extensive illegal fishing going on.

The goal is to defend the endangered bluefin tuna against illegal fishing operations, responsible for taking four times more fish than the legal quota, which are already so high that at current rates extinction for the fish is likely within a few years.