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One Step within the Right Direction, But We Want More!
Our Planet's oceanic environments they are under tremendous pressure from over-fishing. Each time I consider the efforts to safeguard fisheries, I am afraid that people may be doing not enough, past too far, which if you take only small steps now, we are kicking the can in the future until eventually our problems because more difficult to resolve. Still, worthwhile news in this region is welcome, and also the latest positive development concerns a choice through the Worldwide Commission for that Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to strengthen some protection measures affecting mostly bluefin tuna within the Mediterranean.
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The greatest switch to things as they are would be the development of a digital catch-monitoring system for bluefin tuna. The present paper-based product is very available to abuse, a lot to ensure that "a study in the Pew Atmosphere Group recently demonstrated that this past year 140% more bluefin meat joined the marketplace in the Mediterranean than was declared". One potential large hole within the new system, though, is it will not track tuna farms. Which means that they may be used to 'launder' illegal catches made on view ocean. This loophole should be closed as quickly as possible!
The ICCAT also elevated protection for smooth shark and swordfish, but protection for that porbeagle shark was declined and illegal fishing for bluefin tuna in Libyan waters throughout the civil conflict there wasn't around the agenda - it are only addressed in a future meeting.
Via BBC
See also: Over Fifty Percent of Tuna Species Facing Extinction, But Over-Fishing Them is "Too Lucrative" to prevent...
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