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Mediterranean bluefin tuna — highly prized around the world, especially in Japan for sushi and sashimi — has been under increasing pressure from overfishing. Display of frozen tunas to be auctioned at the Tsukiji fish market, Tokyo, Japan.

14 Aug 2008
Mysteries of Mediterranean bluefin tuna come under the microscope
The most ambitious Mediterranean tuna tagging project yet will today start seeking answers to some key mysteries on the migratory behaviour of this most valuable but also most imperilled ‘prince of the sea’.

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Bluefin tuna catches are declining in the Mediterranean at a rapid rate.

27 Jun 2008
Spanish government data reveal overshoot of Mediterranean tuna fishing quota
WWF and Greenpeace have expressed serious concern at official data released by the Spanish government revealing an overshoot of the country’s fishing quota for Mediterranean bluefin tuna in the 2007 season – of over 25 per cent.
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The Mediterranean's tuna fleet needs to shed a third of its vessels to fish within the law, and even more to save bluefin stocks according to scientific advice - but 25 new boats are currently under construction

13 Jun 2008
EU closes bluefin tuna fishery early - time for more radical steps, WWF
WWF welcomes today’s move by the European Commission to close the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery to EU industrial fleets on 16 June, two weeks before the official season ends - but reminds policymakers of the need now for urgent and more far-reaching fisheries management reform to avoid the collapse of the species. » Read more

Bluefin tuna stock in the Mediterranean is threatened by overfishing and illegal fishing.

05 Jun 2008
Italian planes caught illegally hunting down Mediterranean bluefin tuna
Two Italian spotter planes are currently being used to provide illegal aerial assistance to industrial tuna fleets fishing in the central Mediterranean, according to WWF and Greenpeace sources. » Read more

Atlantic bluefin tuna caught in the Mediterranean is frequently illegal and often it's European fleets which are responsible for this.

22 May 2008
10,000 Mediterranean tunas caught every day - close fishery now, says WWF
Since the Mediterranean tuna fishing season opened at the beginning of May, over 10,000 breeding bluefin tunas are being caught every day by the industrial fishing fleet, according to WWF calculations. » Read more

16 May 2008
Seasonal closures and no-fishing zones essential to save tuna
A drastic extension of seasonal closures and the establishment of no-fishing zones are urgently needed for the recovery of bluefin tuna stocks, says WWF. » Read more

12 Mar 2008
Bloated Mediterranean tuna fleet in race for the last bluefin
Rome, Italy – The most comprehensive analysis yet of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fleet shows it conservatively having twice the fishing capacity of current quotas and more than three and a half times the catch levels recommended by scientists to avoid stock collapse. » Read more

12 Mar 2008
Race for the last bluefin: Capacity of the purse seine fleet targeting bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean
This WWF-commissioned report, researched and compiled by independent consultancy ATRT, is the first ever real estimate of the actual catch capability of the Mediterranean purse seine fleet targeting bluefin tuna. » Read more

The 2007 quota for Mediterranean bluefin tuna is more than double that recommended by scientists to avoid the high risk of collapse.

20 Feb 2008
Learning from cod collapse to save tuna
Continued mismanagement could force some tuna populations to quickly go the way of cod, a highly threatened fishery that once helped shape economies of whole nations, leading scientists said in a symposiumat the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Boston. » Read more

Leatherback turtle caught up in a French Tuna purse-seine fishery in the Atlantic ocean.

12 Feb 2008
New guide to reducing bycatch goes online
As a service to the long-term sustainability of both fish stocks and fishing communities, WWF has established an online resource providing up-to-date information on bycatch (the capture of non-target creatures in fishing gear) and how to reduce it.

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