The rejection to prohibit the trade of Bluefin tuna in the Atlantic has been the onset to the extinction of this sea predator.  Since we at Ocean Sentry are convinced that their current population, that has suffered an 80% drop due to unregulated fishing, is unable to bear any kind of quota, however large it may be.  The population is finding itself at the absolute verge of extinction. The proposal submitted by…

After many years of unsuccessful and harmful policies of the management of bluefin tuna fishery, it has come to the conclusion that the sole way of protecting bluefin tuna from extinction involves the prohibition of its industrial fishing. So it was corroborated by the European Parliament, which adopted a resolution on this. However, the Commission proposal does not include within that prohibition both non-indus…