Bluefin's Final Chaper? (Tuna Massacre!)

The Northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a species of tuna in the Scombridae family. It is variously known as the Atlantic bluefin tuna, giant bluefin tuna (for individuals exceeding 150 kilograms or around 330 pounds) and formerly as the tunny. Atlantic bluefin are native to both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. Atlantic bluefin have become extinct in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. The Atlantic bluefin tuna is a close relative of the other two bluefin tuna species—the Pacific bluefin tuna and the southern bluefin tuna.

Atlantic bluefin tuna are capable of reaching well over 450 kilograms (990 lb) in weight, and rival the black marlin and blue marlin as the largest Perciformes. Throughout recorded history, the Atlantic bluefin tuna has been highly prized as a food fish. Bluefin have been a valuable commercial catch from the time of the ancient Greeks and Phoenicians to the modern era. Besides their commercial value as food, their great size and the speed and power they display as apex predators has attracted the admiration and respect of both ancient and modern fishermen, as well as writers, sport anglers and scientists.

The Atlantic bluefin tuna has been the foundation of one of the world's most lucrative commercial fisheries. Medium-sized and large individuals are heavily targeted for the Japanese raw fish market, where all bluefin species are highly prized for sushi and sashimi. This commercial importance has led to severe overfishing. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) affirmed in October 2009 that Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks have declined dramatically over the last 40 years, by 72% in the Eastern Atlantic, and by 82% in the Western Atlantic.[1] On October 16, 2009 Monaco formally recommended Endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna for an Appendix I CITES listing and international trade ban. In early 2010, European officials, led by the French ecology minister, increased pressure to ban the commercial fishing of bluefin tuna internationally.[2] European Union nations, who are responsible for most bluefin tuna overfishing, later abstained from voting to protect the species from international trade.[3]

Bluefin are captured for the commercial market by professional fishermen using purse seine gear, assorted hook-and-line gear, most importantly the longline, and in certain areas by harpooners. Atlantic bluefin are also taken commercially by heavy rod and reel gear. Since the 1930s the bluefin tuna has long been one of the most important big-game species sought by sports fishermen, particularly in the United States but also in Canada, Spain, France and Italy.

Do to many a year of the abuse of the ocean by overfishing the bluefin tuna, we are facing the final chapter of the bluefin. If you and I do not make a stand and just keep on ignoring this enormous issue we shall face the consequences which will prevail. Make a stand and allow the bluefin tuna to pump blood back into it's vanishing heart.
Learn More at:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/icatt-tuna-091107
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[Patent4Life99]

they taste good n their fun 2 fish so fuck off

[00maljaso]

Also i doubt VERY much that the Japanese fishermen would let their primary income become endangered. this fish is the back bone of the very industry itself. there would be no Kai-tenzushi parlour if it werent for this fish........

[theTrainMan1231]

I find this video insulting to fishermen like me because your trying to make us sound like were barbaric people who kill for fun but I eat it all and share with friends and family.

[rjung1988]

Another thing, DEC and NMFS are the regulating and controlling organizations for fishing. I assure you, they have been doing an outstanding job at setting forth the appropriate fishing regulations. If they were aware of this imminent extinction, they would have set forth a federal law restricting tuna fishing entirely. Obviously, that day has not come yet, so they are probably not endangered.

[rjung1988]

Please don't waste 4 minutes of valuable time by polluting the internet with this bullshit. People like you make the internet a nuisance. So, with this video on YouTube, what do you propose we, as fishermen who catch tuna for sustenance, should do? Do you think we should stop fishing all together? That will never happen. Don't start a fight that you can't win. It is impossible to convince all fishermen to stop tuna fishing. So, please don't waste the internet and YouTube with this crap.Thank you

[rjung1988]

I find this video to be an insult to myself and other fishermen like me. We are not the cause of the extinction of bluefin tunas. Tunas are fish and, if it is for sustenance, they were meant to be killed and eaten. If you want to get into a heated argument about this, then what about cows, chickens, and all of the other living animals on this planet? Should we live the rest of our lives without eating beef, chicken, etc.? Some things have been placed on this planet for our consumption.

[rjung1988]

I am an avid fisherman, and I go tuna fishing frequently. Primarily, I eat the tuna that I catch. If I have excess tuna, I will give it away to other people who will eat it as well. Never have I sold the fish or killed a fish without sustenance reasons.