Bluefin tuna (BFT) stocks in both the Western and Eastern Atlantic are in
danger of commercial extinction due to over harvest. Years of exceeding
mortality quotas and lack of management action is to blame, as is illegal
fishing in the Eastern Atlantic. The species qualifies for a Convention on
International...
There has been significant growth in the catches of bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean and especially in the
Mediterranean Sea for the last decade due to the expansion of fattening farms which export their production to
Japan. There has been an increase in catches due to strong demand and,...