Due to the reaching of quotas for the year. This affects Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain. The European Union Fisheries Common fisheries policy set a target to ensure the long term survival of tuna. This includes reducing the amount caught, banning the use of spotter planes and ensuring fish smaller than 30Kgs are returned to the sea. Fisheries policy in the EU has not been very successful in the past but hopefully this will be adhered to and successful.
There are three bluefin tuna species, all provide the highly prized flesh for sushi and shashimi in Japanese restaurants worlwide. All species are critically endangered due to overfishing.
Northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)
Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
We should all reduce consumption of this fish. See the seafood guides for more information:
Click here for the seafood guides
Press release for the closure of the fisheries for 2007 :
http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/press_corner/press_releases/com07_60_en.htm
Press release regarding sustainable fisheries for the bluefin tuna
http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/press_corner/press_releases/archives/com06/com06_88_en.htm
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