Bluefin Tuna Ready To Become Dodos Of The Sea
August 28, 2007 @ 09:53 AM (EST)
Source: Scienceblogs.com
The western Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery in the Gulf of Maine is in danger of collapse, according to University of New Hampshire (UNH) researchers. Further, the team found that the number and quality of the captured fish has declined markedly in recent years.
Using notes collected by veteran tuna grader Robert Campbell from the Yankee Fisherman's Co-op in Seakbrook, New Hampshire, Walter Golet led a team of marine biologists that analyzed the quality of 3,082 Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus.
"In a drawer, he had two or three notebooks with every fish he graded in the last 14 years, from 1991 through 2004," said Golet, who is a PhD candidate in UNH's Large Pelagics Research Lab.
Tuna are awarded different grades, with A being the highest grade possible, based on their fat and oil content and on their overall body shape...
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