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Stories about: bluefin tuna

Gulf Oil Spill Decimated Tuna Populations Between January and June of each year, bluefin tuna populations swim in the Gulf of Mexico to breed. This year, they were caught unprepared by the Deepwater Horizon disaster, and decimated. Investigators say that the oil spill, which began in late April, surprised the tuna as they were spawning in the waters of the G... 18 October 2010 09:02 GMT The Tuna Commission Failed Its Only Task The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) made maybe the most serious mistake it could, given its attribution, in setting a fishing quota of 22,000 tons for next year's bluefin tuna harvesting season, and also completely ignored warnings from its own scientific advisors, the Wor... 28 November 2008 08:28 GMT Mediterranean Tuna Fishery Could Be Closed New international pressure adds to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), in regard to closing the bluefin tuna fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea, as Italy and Spain requested the protection of the fish and the creation of tuna sanctuaries throughout breeding grounds, respective... 4 November 2008 03:30 GMT