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
This summer, the Obama Administration is expected to issue
new bluefin tuna regulations for U.S. fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean.
Not exact matches
Then people in Japan overdeveloped a lust for
bluefin tuna, which has reached its epitome here in
New York City where there's a restaurant called Masa [in which] a prix fixe lunch or dinner is $ 600.
But the
new research indicates that the western populations are vulnerable to pressure from all Atlantic
bluefin tuna fisheries.
As Ellis reports, a single
bluefin tuna fetched $ 173,600 in Tokyo, and prices of a sushi dinner for two in
New York City can reach $ 1,000.
Finally, N.O.A.A. needs to keep its
new proposed enforceable cap on the amount of
bluefin tuna that can be caught on surface longlines to ensure that this sector stays within its quota.
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.
«
New England's
bluefin tuna stocks are declining and in danger of collapsing, and we must act now before it's too late.
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.
So which earns priority - a lot of money now, or having
bluefin tuna a few years from now?The
New York Times reports that in a telephone interview, Miyahara stated that if
bluefin tuna is given status as a most - endangered species - which is should be - Japan will ignore the ban and leave its market open to continued imports.