Tuna species account for 20 percent of the value ... catching the squid bait he needs to attract tuna. His small-scale Indonesian tuna fishery became the first in the country to hold Fairtrade ...
on its “Red List” of imperiled species. The Pacific bluefin tuna is not yet listed, but overfishing is now occurring, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service. Sadly, bluefin remains on the ...
It is increasingly obvious that too many boats are chasing fewer and fewer fish. Damaging fishing practices and unsustainable fishing equipment are putting tuna species at risk, and ultimately ...
The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists both the Atlantic and the southern bluefin tuna as endangered or critically endangered on its “Red List” of imperiled species. The Pacific ...
In 2017, Japan was among the tuna-fishing nations to reach a historic agreement imposing strict quotas on fishing of the species, after overfishing caused its population to dwindle to less than 3 ...