Tuna groups tackle overfishing - BBC

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Last Updated: Friday, 26 January 2007, 10:21 GMT

Tuna groups tackle overfishing

The first international plan to try and stop the overfishing of tuna
has been adopted by regulators meeting in Japan.

The plan called for better monitoring and co-ordination across regions,
as well as action against illegal fishing.

Delegates from the world's five tuna bodies called the plan a first step
towards arresting a decline in stocks.

But conservationists said the measures were not enough, blaming illegal
and unregulated fishing and unsustainable quotas for tuna's dramatic
decline.

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Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6301187.stm

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1. As someone who has watched in horror as the Northern Cod failed to return

I have to say this has a depressing air of deja vu. What has happened to ocean fish stocks in a true "tragedy of the commons". Goodbye tuna, it was nice sharing a planet with you.

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2. Here's a suggestion:

STOP FISHING BLUEFIN.

Anything else is just more self-serving eyewash, and in the absence of effective legal enforcement against pirate fishing in international waters, just a fart in a hurricane.