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Old 08-25-2016, 02:08 PM   #1
polak
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Default Bluefin Tuna Population Had Dropped 97%

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Under current levels of reproduction and management of the fisheries in the Pacific, the likelihood of rebuilding stocks to healthy levels is only 0.1 percent, the report says.

Cutting catches by a fifth would improve those odds to only 3 percent.

Japanese eat about 80 percent of all bluefin tuna caught worldwide, and stocks of all three bluefin species -- the Pacific, Southern and Atlantic -- have fallen over the past 15 years as demand for the luscious, buttery pink-to-red fleshed fish has soared globally.
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-...ped-97-percent

Pfft I don't even feel bad. Maybe they should try not tasting so delicious.

(Also note that the article is in the MERCURY news. Biomagnification jokes)
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