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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.

17 Nov 2008
Tuna commission faces final roll of the dice on future of Mediterranean bluefin
The 46 Contracting Parties to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas meeting in Marrakech, Morocco until 24 November will decide whether Mediterranean bluefin tuna – and the fishery that depends on it – can be saved from collapse. » Read more

14 Nov 2008
Europe sits on damning bluefin tuna report
A European fisheries report demonstrating continuing widespread infringements by bluefin tuna fleets despite increased fleet surveillance in the Mediterranean has been delayed until after the conclusion of next week's key international tuna commission meeting to decide on a new management regime for the fishery.

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Fishermen with new catch on a beach of the Mediterranean sea, Coto Doñana National Park, Spain.

14 Nov 2008
Illegal fishing harms honest fishermen
WWF welcomes the European Commission’s decision to put out a legislative proposal to update current control and enforcement rules for fisheries. WWF urges EU Fisheries Ministers to provide a coherent and efficient system of rules against widespread illegality in the fisheries sector. » Read more

Illegal fishing is threatening remaining cod stocks in the Grand Banks off Canada’s east coast.

10 Nov 2008
EU and Norway in cod stalemate
An impasse between Norway and the European Union today has put the recovery of North Sea cod stocks at further risk.
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Australian Customs Service staff board the IUU boat, Viarsa, caught stealing Patagonian toothfish in the Southern Ocean in 2003.

05 Nov 2008
Pirates taking heavy toll of toothfish
The future of the Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish and the highly valuable fishery concentrated in the Southern Ocean is under significant pressure from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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04 Nov 2008
A million tonnes of North Sea fish discarded every year
A million tonnes of fish and other sea creatures caught in the North Sea are thrown overboard every year, according to a new report from WWF-Germany.
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At stake is not only the survival of the bluefin tuna, but also the livelihood of thousands of fishermen and their families in Europe.

03 Nov 2008
Italian fishers and Spanish legislators add to pressure for action on tuna
Pressure for dramatic action to safeguard the Mediterranean's dwindling bluefin tuna stocks continued to mount last week when Italian fishers endorsed a fishing moratorium as “the lesser of all evils” and Spanish legislators called on their government to take the lead in establishing sanctuaries in key tuna spawning areas.
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Bluefin tuna catches are declining in the Mediterranean at a rapid rate.

30 Oct 2008
Europe keeps tuna shutdown on the menu
The European Commission has declined to rule out support for a temporary shut-down of the Mediterraneans out-of-control bluefin tuna fishery, ahead of a critical meeting on the fishery next month.
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Atlantic bluefin tuna caught in the Mediterranean is frequently illegal and often it's European fleets which are responsible for this.

28 Oct 2008
EU has strong mandate to save tuna
WWF welcomes the strong potential of the European Commission’s negotiating mandate for next month’s meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in Marrakech Morocco, announced last night following EU Fisheries Council discussions in Luxembourg. » Read more

A loggerhead turtle (<i>Caretta caretta</i>) swimming in the Mediterranean Sea.

27 Oct 2008
Mediterranean turtle toll threatens survival
As many as 150,000 marine turtles are caught in fishing gear in the Mediterranean Sea every year and one-third of those caught die from suffocation or injuries sustained when caught in the fishing gear or improperly removed from the gear.
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