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| ICCAT fails to protect critically endangered tuna—again |
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| Monday, 16 November 2009 06:47 | |||
Estimating that the Atlantic bluefin tuna's biomass is less than 15 percent of its original stock before industrial fishing, ICCAT scientists recommended in late October that the organization ban all fishing of the species, which is classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.... Read Full Article 
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This is very disturbing news indeed. what is the use of employing specialist advisers at great cost and then ignore their advise it just makes no sense at all.I wonder what these fishermen will do when there are no bluefin tuna left.talk about cutting off the hand that feeds you.
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November 17, 2009
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The International Commissions for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) ignored the advice of its scientists to end fishing of the Atlantic bluefin tuna. Instead ICAAT set a quota of 13,500 tons of fish. This is not the first time ICCAT has flouted its own researchers' advice: it has repeatedly set quotas well-above its researchers' recommendations.
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