The commission tasked with preventing a collapse of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery today opted for catch quotas still far higher than its own scientists recommend
Members of the international body responsible for the management of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea must agree to a moratorium on fishing for this imperilled species or risk the end of a...
Fishermen caught nearly twice their legal quota of critically endangered bluefin tuna in European waters this year despite stocks being in a state of collapse, according to investigators
Italy, France, Japan and Spain are guilty of the biggest violations of international quotas for bluefin tuna fishing, a report claimed on Wednesday.
Countries are assigned fishing quotas by the...
Fishermen like Diego Crespo have trapped the giant tuna swarming into the warm Mediterranean for over 3,000 years, but he says this year may be one of his last.
Japanese demand for its fatty...
Decisions taken at an international fisheries meeting failed to follow scientifc advice to protect bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean, says WWF.
Rather than accepting a strict recovery plan for...
