Sentences with phrase «particularly bluefin tuna»

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.

Of course, many fisheries around the world remain in crisis, particularly the bluefin tuna, a longtime focus of Dr. Safina.

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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.

Creatures of the global commons, from oceanic sharks and bluefin tuna to the ocean's wandering reptiles, are particularly vulnerable.

There's been incredible progress on many environmental fronts, but huge gaps remain, particularly when the issue is conserving global «commons» ranging from the shared atmosphere — still a free dump for greenhouse gases — to ocean - roaming fish species like bluefin 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.

Despite a global quota on the amount of bluefin tuna that can be harvested, poachers throughout the Mediterranean continue to exceed those limits, particularly in the area off the coast of Libya.

The first comprehensive assessment of tuna and billfish has put 5 of 8 tuna species on the Red List for threatened or endangered animals — and the IUCN is warning that Bluefin tuna are particularly vulnerable to vanishing, without the closure of fisheries.