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Mediterranean bluefin tuna is on the verge of collapse - pirate fishing is rife, fleets are far too big, and quotas ignore scientific advice. WWF is urging global consumers to pledge they will join a boycott of the endangered fish, until sustainable management measures are put in place.
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Latest News & Publications
04 Dec 2008
Makeover on the cards for Portugal’s cork forests
The future of many cork oak forests, identified by WWF as an international conservation priority, has been freshened up by the launch of a new partnership in Portugal between WWF and one of the world’s leading health and beauty specialists.
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24 Nov 2008
Tuna commission comes up with "a disgrace, not a decision"
The commission tasked with preventing a collapse of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery today opted for catch quotas still far higher than its own scientists recommend and leaving industrial fleets free to scoop up tuna at the height of its spawning period.
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23 Nov 2008
Timeline of a fishery failure
As the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) heads towards its hardest fought decision on management of the out-of-control bluefin fishery yet, WWF sets out the sorry history of bluefin regulation in an easy-to-follow chronology
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Timeline of a fishery failure
As the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) heads towards its hardest fought decision on management of the out-of-control bluefin fishery yet, WWF sets out the sorry history of bluefin regulation in an easy-to-follow chronology
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20 Nov 2008
Consumers by the thousand join retailers and restaurants in bluefin boycott
Close to 16,000 citizens from 149 countries have signed up to join numerous restaurants, retailers and chefs in boycotting Mediterranean bluefin tuna – until stocks have recovered and the fishery is properly controlled and managed. » Read more
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