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Warning that bluefin tuna 'face extinction'



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Published Date: 13 March 2008
By Emily Beament
BLUEFIN tuna are being pushed to the brink of extinction in the Mediterranean by far too many fishing vessels pursuing the remaining fish stocks, a report warned yesterday.
A study for conservation charity WWF says there needs to be an urgent reduction of the fleet, which has almost twice the fishing capacity of current quotas set for the increasingly threatened fish.

The yearly catch potential of hi-tech vessels is three and a half times the recommended level, the report says.

According to the conservationists, the "unsustainable" situation is largely the result of massive overfishing of the Mediterranean by what is known as "purse seine" fishing, in which nets are set around the shoal and then closed like a drawstring purse.

This method is fuelled by the increase in tuna farms, which take the catch and fatten the fish in cages for six months.





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  • Last Updated: 12 March 2008 10:23 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

GalacticCannibal,

Murrieta, CA...bye Bush -Cheney..u. evil leaders. 13/03/2008 05:36:01
Warning that bluefin tuna 'face extinction'
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Down our road of greed and profit and destruction, a time will come when nature will write:

Warning Homo Sapien species 'face extinction'.

Don't laugh Dudes Its going to happen

The Homo Sapien takes and takes but never gives back.

Happy Extinction Day

Gc
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Conan,

Chile 13/03/2008 20:38:32
Why is it important if one predatory species goes extinct ..... millions have already and life continues? Surely if the Blue Tuna 'diasappears' some other (lesser?) species will move in to eat its lunch. I am willing to entertain contrary opinions to what I have posted ..... but not from anyone who currently eats any form of dead animal of any species. I mean - let's not have total hypocrites posting here.
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Reading Public 1,

Wisc 14/03/2008 11:41:40
Conan a rather poor comment from you. Why cause the total destruction of a species just because we can. It's like the seals in Newfoundland, the Whales of the Arctic, the Tigers of India, etc.
You have fishing concerns in your country because of overfishing.
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Zilperhonka,

14/03/2008 20:38:05
"I am willing to entertain contrary opinions to what I have posted ..... but not from anyone who currently eats any form of dead animal of any species. I mean - let's not have total hypocrites posting here."

How silly of you, only those who consume Blue Tuna are responsible for driving this species to extinction (the reason why it is dying out is hunting).

 

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