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United States Makes Push for Bluefin Tuna Recovery
Source: Posted: 12-05-2006 at 12:00:28
The United States made a bold attempt last week to ensure the future of eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna. The United States fought hard for tougher conservation measures to end overfishing of this stock during a meeting of the international commission that manages bluefin and other tuna and tuna-like species. The 2006 stock assessment for eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna included grim news that the stock is being severely over-harvested and will collapse if strong conservation measures were not adopted and implemented without delay. "I am extremely disappointed with the inability of nations which harvest eastern bluefin
tuna to adopt a meaningful stock recovery plan," said Bill Hogarth, director of the NOAA
Fisheries Service and U.S. government commissioner to ICCAT. |
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