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'Hypocritical' EU Gives EUR34.5m to Fleets Fishing Tuna to Extinction
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tuna, fishing, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 10 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The European Union has given out tens of millions of euros to subsidise the Mediterranean tuna fishing fleets despite warnings from scientists that overfishing is pushing the species close to extinction. Between 2000 and 2008 a total of EUR34.5 million
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Tuna Commission - A Turkey Voting for Christmas?
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, conservation, tuna, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 30 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The Atlantic tuna commission launched several inadequate or delayed actions to ensure the recovery of the eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna, global conservation organization WWF has warned. Saving the tuna will now depend largely on an international
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New Study Reveals First Ever Method to Genetically Identify All Eight Tuna Species
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tuna, study, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 45 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
A new study has, for the first time revealed, a method to accurately distinguish between all eight tuna species from any kind of processed tissue using genetic sequencing.
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Charlie the Tuna Faces Extinction
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tuna, overfishing, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 108 days ago - ecoworldly.com
According to Greenpeace and the Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST), Pacific tuna could face extinction by 2048, due to overfishing, pirate fishing and exploitation.
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New Measures Not Enough for Central Pacific Tuna
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, tuna, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 111 days ago - panda.org
Tuna conservation and management measures for the western and central Pacific approved just last December are "highly unlikely" to restore bigeye and yellowfin tuna fishing to sustainable levels, according to a recently completed assessment.
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European Calls Mount for Bluefin Trade Ban
Animals  (tags: animals, tuna, fish, trade ban, endangered )

Maria
- 129 days ago - search.japantimes.co.jp
The EU states have decided to take a stand following growing concern about the decline in stocks of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean and Atlantic due to overfishing. Much of the demand for northern bluefin tuna comes from Japan, where it is
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Six Meetings - No Decisions. Classic Committee Meetings as Tuna Stocks Are Decimated
Animals  (tags: animals, tuna, fishing, AnimalWelfare, environment, killing, protection, extinction, wildlife )

Cher
- 184 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) is the intergovernmental management authority comprised of 16 member countries with the mandate to regulate fishing fleets to avoid overexploitation of tuna in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.
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Could Tuna Disappear From the Sea?
Animals  (tags: animals, tuna, fish, disappearing, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 187 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
There are warnings that tuna could start to disappear from the sea as early as 2012.
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Eastern Pacific Tuna Hang in the Balance
Animals  (tags: endangered, wildlife, conservation, tuna, overfishing )

Claudia
- 409 days ago - oceansentry.org
Tuna populations are showing signs of trouble in the eastern tropical Pacific. Bigeye tuna populations are falling to low levels, the average size of captured yellowfin tuna is in decline and high levels of very small juvenile tuna are being caught
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Pirate Vessels Looting Mediterranean Tuna
Animals  (tags: pirate vessels, tuna, illegal fishing, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 582 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
At the beginning of the fishing season, WWF sources have identified two pirate purse seine vessels operating in Mediterranean waters. The unregistered vessels, originally flagged as Bolivian, docked in Malta where they reflagged as Libyan
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High Mercury Content in Bluefin Tuna Not Only Reason to Pass on the Sushi
Animals  (tags: extinction, mercury, tuna )

Ingrid
- 660 days ago - earthjustice.org
Overfishing and poor oceans management are leading bluefin tuna to the brink of extinction
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To Save Or Savor? It's Decision Time For Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Animals  (tags: bluefin tuna, tuna, sushi, protection, endangered, extinction, AnimalWelfare, killed, sadness, death, environment, investigation, humans )

John
- 662 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Giant bluefin tuna are in trouble, primarily because the powerful muscles that propel their extensive ocean migrations come with an Achilles' heel: They're tasty. Prized by sushi lovers for their savory succulence and by fishermen for the incomparable
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Greenpeace Slams 'Unsustainable' Tuna Catch
Animals  (tags: greenpeace, wildanimals, wildlife, sealife, tuna, protection, killing )

Jacquelin
- 760 days ago - news.com.au
AN international commission designed to protect the bluefin tuna has effectively increased the fishing quota for 2008, environmental group Greenpeace said, adding the move is unsustainable. Greenpeace said the annual meeting of the International Commis
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U.S. Wants Freeze on Tuna Fishing
Animals  (tags: U.S., tuna, overfishing, bans, Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea )

Eduardo
- 760 days ago - 62.193.18.228
The U.S. is calling for a ban on the fishing of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. A 3-to-5-years ban is being proposed to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.
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U.S. Calls for Ban on Mediterranean Tuna Fishing
Animals  (tags: sealife, tuna, fishing, ban, mediterranean )

Linda
- 791 days ago - reuters.com
The United States said on Wednesday it would demand a complete ban on fishing the bluefin tuna for up to five years in and near the Mediterranean, to allow stocks to recover.
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