Overfishing Continues As Population Reaches Near Historic Low
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SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. Pacific bluefin tuna have reached dangerously low population levels, so a coalition of individuals and groups today petitionedthe National Marine Fisheries Service to protect the species under the Endangered Species Act. The Pacific bluefin tuna population has declined more than 97 percent since fishing began, largely because countries have failed to reduce fishing enough to protect the…
