Turkey ignores bluefin tuna quotas, further imperiling critically-endangered species

Barrett808

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Tue May-12-09 08:21 PM
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Turkey ignores bluefin tuna quotas, further imperiling critically-endangered species

Source: mongabay.com

A few weeks into the bluefin tuna fishing season and Turkey has decided to go it alone. Breaking international agreements, the Turkish government has announced that it will ignore agreed-upon bluefin tuna quotas. The news is not good for the survival of the critically-endangered fish species, since Turkey operates the largest Mediterranean fleet for bluefin tuna.

�Ignoring quota limits means that Turkey will simply bring an end to the bluefin tuna business even faster and once and for all, through the commercial extinction of the species,� said Banu Dokmecibasi, Greenpeace Mediterranean Oceans Campaigner, in Turkey.

Please, just say no to sushi!

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Xipe Totec

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Tue May-12-09 08:44 PM
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1. Nominated for most confusing headline n/t

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WriteDown

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Tue May-12-09 08:47 PM
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2. I remember when I was in my teens...

You could catch a 1000lb bluefin tuna off of the East coast of Long Island with ease(I should say HOOK, reeling one in takes hours and very bloody hands). I wonder if that is still the case.

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Barrett808

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Tue May-12-09 09:00 PM
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3. You probably wouldn't see fish that size any more:

Dramatic decline in size of trophy fish
http://desdemonadespair.blogspot.com/2009/02/dramatic-decline-in-size-of-trophy-fish.html

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Tue May-12-09 09:09 PM
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4. That really is a shame....

I remember how hard it became to catch stripers after the commercial fisherman wiped them out. Screw Billy Joel.

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Pavulon

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Tue May-12-09 09:41 PM
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5. No. It is not

gulf stream fishing of this fish has declined. Sadly it is not individuals but long liners and industrial fishing that will finally collapse this species. Along with sea turtles and dozens of other animals that rely on them.

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