Europe's fisheries chief called on Wednesday for close monitoring of the trade in bluefin tuna caught in Libyan waters, fearing illegal catches could push the endangered fish closer to extinction amid the chaos of war.
Atlantic bluefin fetch more than $100,000 each in markets such as Japan, but stocks have plunged by more than 80 percent since the 1970s due to overfishing, many scientists say.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/eu-fishing-head-wants-crackdown-libya-tuna-trade
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/pete-harrison
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fisheries
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/libya
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extinct-species
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/japan
