Sweden Seeks Ban on Trade of Bluefin Tuna

The Washington Post;  October 4, 1991 ;     700+ words ......plight of the bluefin tuna has been compared...55 mph - the bluefin tuna is primarily...commercially. In 1971, bluefin tuna sold for about...The western Atlantic population of bluefin tuna is one of three...that the western Atlantic blulefin ...

Fed: Bluefin tuna up for endangered species listing

AAP General News (Australia);  October 28, 2003 ;     369 words ......General News (Australia) 10-28-2003 Fed: Bluefin tuna up for endangered species listing By...Australia's $260 million southern bluefin tuna industry could be shut down if an attempt...stocks were wiped out, Ms Bones said. Bluefin tuna are one of Australia's most valuable...

RP plans to start bluefin tuna culture.(Business News)

Manila Bulletin;  October 4, 2007 ;     447 words ......Philippines aims to embark on the fattening of bluefin tuna using its strategic position as a distinct...the private sector in the culture of bluefin tuna within the country's north-eastern seas...only warm water breeding ground for bluefin tuna, Sarmiento said. Without the ...

BLUEFIN TUNA OVERFISHED IN MEDITERRANEAN

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 12, 2006 ;     673 words ......conservation organization, reveal that bluefin tuna has almost been fished out of some of...data also reveal that Mediterranean bluefin tuna farms -- which would usually be filling...activity is plundering the last remaining bluefin tuna," said Sergi Tudela, Head of Fisheries...

MEPS DISCUSS HOW TO SAVE BLUEFIN TUNA

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 13, 2006 ;     598 words ......issued the following press release: With bluefin tuna stocks falling in the Mediterranean...today about the current situation of bluefin tuna. This species lives on the two coasts...Spain together make up 50% of world-wide bluefin tuna catches, while around 80% of the Eastern...

Spain, Japan Back Bluefin Tuna Ban

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 13, 2008 ;     385 words ......countries to back closing the Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna fishery until it can be brought under...the management of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery "an international disgrace...scientists also warned the Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna population was on the brink of collapse...

FISHERIES : ICCAT OPENS "LAST-CHANCE" MEETING ON BLUEFIN TUNA.

European Report;  November 18, 2008 ;     624 words ...Bluefin tuna stocks in the Mediterranean Sea have...responsibilities to ensure the future of bluefin tuna: We have to do it this year. Next year...organisations are also rallying for bluefin tuna. On 17 November, Greenpeace demonstrated...

Fed: Aust must reduce catch of threatened bluefin tuna: HSI

AAP General News (Australia);  March 22, 2005 ;     359 words ......Aust must reduce catch of threatened bluefin tuna: HSI CANBERRA, March 22 AAP - The Humane...countries for over-fishing of southern bluefin tuna. The criticism comes in the wake of...Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS), showing bluefin tuna is now a threatened species. The BRS...

WWF: ICCAT must ensure recovery of threatened bluefin tuna, says WWF.

M2 Presswire;  November 17, 1998 ;     425 words ......ICCAT must ensure recovery of threatened bluefin tuna, says WWF (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...recovery plan for severely depleted bluefin tuna stocks as they meet this week at the...a rebuilding programme for Atlantic bluefin tuna at this year's annual meeting. Fishing...

ENVIRONMENT: EUROPE KEEPS BLUEFIN TUNA ON GO-FISH LIST

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ......resisting calls for a ban on fishing for bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean. Stocks of bluefin tuna in European waters have fallen by 90 percent...decided against closing the fishery for bluefin tuna when they met in Luxembourg Oct. 27-28...

JAPAN: FISHING QUOTAS CUT TO GIVE BLUEFIN TUNA TIME TO RECOVER

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ......cut in Japan's quota for the southern bluefin tuna will affect supplies of the wildly popular...his business. Slices of raw southern bluefin tuna command the highest prices in his shop...the fact that the government cut its bluefin tuna quota in half to 3,000 tons annually...

Decline of bluefin tuna stirs concern Fishermen worried about livelihood

The Boston Globe;  August 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ......lobster boat, Tutein aims at Atlantic bluefin tuna in the waters off Cape Cod, then heaves...25 fish per year. But now the giant bluefin tuna are few and far between, and sometimes...the once- plentiful and long-desired bluefin tuna for years echo Tutein's frustration...

DECLINE OF BLUEFIN TUNA STIRS CONCERN

Rachel's Democracy & Health News;  August 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......lobster boat, Tutein aims at Atlantic bluefin tuna in the waters off Cape Cod, then heaves...25 fish per year. But now the giant bluefin tuna are few and far between, and sometimes...the once- plentiful and long-desired bluefin tuna for years echo Tutein's frustration...

Immediate Ban Needed to Save Bluefin Tuna

U.S. Newswire;  November 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The bluefin tuna population is close to collapse because...on the commercial fishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna until a management system and viable...its recovery plan, driving Atlantic bluefin tuna ever closer to collapse. ICCAT needs...

REP. DELAHUNT CALLS FOR MEASURES TO RESTORE ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 29, 2007 ;     479 words ......management recommendations for the Atlantic bluefin tuna. "It is essential that the United States...in asking other nations who fish for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean to follow through...recommendations puts the Western Atlantic bluefin tuna stock in danger of collapse." The ...