Only 4% Bluefin tuna left in the Pacific
Only 4% Bluefin tuna left in the Pacific
Written by:
Hans Kruit, 17 August 2013
PACIFIC tuna stocks are experiencing further decline and current management measures are failing to restore stocks, said Greenpeace, following a ten-day meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.
"The outcome of the meeting demonstrates that there are simply too many industrial fishing vessels plundering the Pacific, using highly destructive fishing techniques that have wide and damaging impacts on the ecosystem," said Dr Cat Dorey, Greenpeace Coordinator for the International Sustainable Seafood Programme.
"The Pacific region's most valuable tuna, the Pacific bluefin, is now down to just four per cent of its original stock size and other tuna stocks are at risk of following this catastrophic decline unless urgent management action is taken."
Hans
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