Emily Tripp Senior Writer Scientists from the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC) have developed a new model that will track bluefin tuna on a daily basis through satellite remote sensing data. This model provides the first overall view of preferred bluefin tuna habitats in the Mediterranean Sea. Tracking populations via satellite will refine estimates [...]
NOAA will host a constituent briefing on it’s announcement that Atlantic Bluefin Tuna do not warrant species protection under the Endangered Species Act this afternoon at 2:00. When more information is available about the effects of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill and the new stock assessment from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna [...]
According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland said the United States will support trade restrictions on bluefin tuna, polar bears, and imperiled corals and sharks among other proposals at the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of [...]
The End of the Line is a new documentary exploring the impacts of overfishing and the devastating future that lies ahead if no changes are made.
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