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"About two-thirds of the world's tuna comes from the Pacific, but bluefin tuna accounts for only about 1% of this." Yes I know, but the above is the more impor
by dylandrop 13y ago
"About two-thirds of the world's tuna comes from the Pacific, but bluefin tuna accounts for only about 1% of this."
Yes I know, but the above is the more important point, sorry I should have quoted it. The amount of tuna fished from the Pacific (67%)! is way too much to be sustainable.
For more sources on Albacore and Yellowtail see here:
http://www.scidev.net/global/policy/news/pacific-fisheries-meet-fails-to-end-tuna-overfishing-.html http://www.scidev.net/global/policy/news/pacific-fisheries-m...
"The International Union for Conservation of Nature has put yellowfin and albacore tuna in the "near threatened" category..."