Bluefin Tuna Sanctuary Needed To Save Western Mediterranean Stock

WWF is advocating the immediate establishment of a sanctuary for the imperilled bluefin tuna around the Balearic islands in the western Mediterranean. Along with other international and Spanish conservation organizations working to save the marine environment u" Ecologistas en AcciA??’A‚A?n, GEN-GOB and Greenpeace u" WWF is calling on the fisheries administrations of the European Union, the Balearic islands and Spain to set up a protected area in the archipelago to protect the species from severe overfishing. The proposal for this sanctuary is based on scientific research by Spanish marine biologists, whose findings show the outstanding importance of the area for the breeding of the species...