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Environment & Energy

Nihil

(13,508 posts)

1. A drop of 96%? Yeah, this should do it ...

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 11:56 AM

Jan 2013

> more than 90% of bluefin tuna caught were juveniles and had not had a chance
> to reproduce before they were killed.

> Fishing vessels continue to catch the species in its only known spawning and
> nursery areas in the western Pacific

Combine the two, shake well and abracadabra, the tuna stocks disappear!

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Overfishing causes Pacific bluefin tuna numbers to drop 96% [View all] xchrom Jan 2013 OP

A drop of 96%? Yeah, this should do it ... Nihil Jan 2013 #1

And then there's this... MattSh Jan 2013 #2

That is just obscene ... Nihil Jan 2013 #4

This. Has. To. Stop. postulater Jan 2013 #3