WWF: 2005 fishing season decimates Mediterranean bluefin tuna

Rome, Italy - Massive overfishing, management abuses and the catch of illegal and undersize tunas in 2005 has resulted in the worst year on record for bluefin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean, according to WWF.

Hundreds of demonstrators from WWF and the tuna trap producers organization (OPP51) took to the streets during the International Commission for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) annual meeting in Seville, Spain (14-20 November) to urge members of this fisheries management body to take action to save bluefin tuna from extinction.

Note: there is an easy way to heal the oceans: don't eat fish!

Source: WWF: 2005 fishing season decimates Mediterranean bluefin tuna

Link: Climate Change Threatens World Fish Stocks - WWF


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Méditerranée: thon rouge en danger (fr)

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