(Phys.org) —Climate change will bring both big opportunities and threats to the fish-dependent nations of the Pacific, international scientists say.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Efforts to curb overfishing of tuna in the Pacific were blocked by big countries that refused to cut their catch at a meeting of tuna-fishing nations in the Asia-Pacific, delegates said Thursday.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 06, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Tuna-harvesting nations of the Pacific argued at a key meeting in Manila Tuesday over how best to regulate devices that attract the giant fish, amid growing concern over depleted stocks, officials said.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 04, 2012 not rated yet 1

Asia-Pacific fishing experts on Sunday warned against depleting tuna stocks, saying the region needs to reduce its catch of the vulnerable bigeye species by 30 percent.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 02, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

(AP)—After defeating a proposal in 2010 to ban the export of an endangered fish that is a key ingredient of sushi, Japan and Asian nations argued it should be left to quota-setting international fisheries ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 10, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

Global tuna stocks are fast reaching the limits of fishing sustainability, decimated by an absence of comprehensive, science-based catch limits, conservation experts warned Saturday.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 08, 2012 5 / 5 (8) 10

A deep-pocketed restaurateur shelled out nearly three-quarters of a million dollars for a single tuna, the most ever paid for the fish, at Japan's Tsukiji fish market on Thursday.

Biology - Other

Jan 05, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

A new model developed by scientists of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) allows the potential presence of bluefin tuna to be tracked through daily updated maps, helping to protect endangered stocks and ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 21, 2011 not rated yet 0

The United States on Friday rejected calls to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna as an endangered species, saying that while it was worried about overfishing it did not fear imminent extinction.

Biology - Ecology

May 27, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1

The craze for sushi has fueled a black market in tuna worth billions of dollars, as governments collaborate with the industry despite fears for the species' survival, an investigation found.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 07, 2010 5 / 5 (3) 0

(AP) -- The EU Commission says over 45 countries who catch tuna have agreed to cut catches of the threatened Atlantic bluefin tuna next year.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 16, 2009 3 / 5 (2) 0