More Than Half of Tuna Species Endangered, but Overfishing Continues

[The Straight Story]

Mankind’s taste for tuna has pushed the majority of the fish species to the brink of endangerment, according to a group of international environmentalists.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed five of the eight species of tuna as threatened or near threatened, due to dwindling numbers of the fish. The five are: Southern Bluefin (critically endangered); Atlantic Bluefin (endangered); Bigeye (vulnerable); Yellowfin (near threatened); and Albacore (near threatened).

IUCN officials say all three bluefin tuna species are susceptible to collapse if countries continue to overfish them.

“The Southern Bluefin has already essentially crashed, with little hope of recovery,” said Dr. Kent Carpenter, professor at Old Dominion University and manager of IUCN’s Marine Biodiversity Unit. “If no changes are made to current fishing practices, the western Atlantic Bluefin stocks are at risk of collapse as they are showing little sign that the population is rebuilding following a significant reduction in the 1970s.”


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[msongs]

1. out of control heterosexual human behavior lol nt

[Gold Metal Flake]

2. Humans are fishing tuna to extinction.

Only ceasing the fishing of tuna will save tuna. But do expect some rich asshole's grinning face to be shown all over the corporate media when he is the http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/06/japan-bluefin-tuna-record-price">highest bidder on the last tuna in the world.

[RZM]

3. I think that 'commercial extinction' is more likely

The ocean is a big place. The species won't be completely eradicated, but it will become very scarce if something isn't done to protect it.

BTW anybody who eats sushi (and I do) is part of the problem.

[ladjf]

4. Don't worry tuna fish, the human race will soon follow you into

extinction. nt

[FLPanhandle]

5. All commercial fish stocks will be extinct in the next 40 years

If current overfishing continues. Unfortunately overfishing will continue. Many countries don't put limits on catches nor are they inclined to.

Eventually, humans will drag smaller and smaller nets through the barren oceans looking for something to eat as our population numbers are unsustainable.