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[Greenpeace - Making Waves] Bluefin tuna action in Turkey: Activists on board the Rainbow Warrior hit the water today to demand immediate action to protect the endangered Mediterranean bluefin tuna from commercial extinction. They deployed buoys marked "Crime Scene" around cages holding bluefin tuna which are being fattened up for harvesting to then be sold for export -- mostly as luxury gourmet Sushi.

[Greenpeace Canada weblogs] » Rainbow Warrior activists join fight to protect Bluefin tuna ...: “Without urgent action the only place bluefin tuna will be seen is in historical documentaries about extinct species,” said Sebastian Losada, oceans policy advisor for Greenpeace International. “As a first step, all governments must support the calls for protection and then move to close spawning grounds with a view to designating a network of Mediterranean marine reserves.”

[The End of the Line Blog] Bluefin tuna stocks now below a sixth of historic levels say ...: “Independent of what ICCAT decides to do in November, the science is undeniable that Atlantic bluefin tuna meets the criteria for a suspension of trade through a CITES Appendix I listing - and if ICCAT stops the fishing too, so much the better for this species,” said Dr Susan Lieberman of The Pew Environment Group.

[Greenpeace - Making Waves] Greenpeace - Making Waves: Making waves in the Mediterranean: We have presented a proposal for a network of Marine Reserves in the Mediterranean international waters and we are currently focusing on collecting further scientific data to support specific areas within our proposal. This includes the Sicilian channel, which hosts important sea features (from deep trenches to shallow banks), and the Balearic spawning grounds of the threatened bluefin tuna.

[Greenpeace Southeast Asia] Have scientist, will travel « Greenpeace Southeast Asia: Today is one of those days.  Our Greenpeace Chief Scientist, Dr Paul Johnston, has travelled from our international laboratory at the University of Exeter, UK to Ottawa, Canada to further our campaign to create a global network of marine reserves to protect the oceans.

[Greenpeace - Making Waves] Greenpeace - Making Waves: Saving our oceans: officer on deck ...: Currently less than one percent of the Mediterranean Sea is protected, vital fish stocks such as Mediterranean bluefin tuna are being fished to their limits and monitoring of pirate vessels is patchy at best. What we’re promoting is a rescue plan -- not a “don’t fish” plan, but a solution that will mean fish for tomorrow by creating marine reserves today.

[WWF - Environmental News] WWF - Atlantic bluefin tuna trade ban supported by fishery's ...: “The ICCAT scientists have made formal what we have been saying all along - that Atlantic bluefin tuna is balancing precariously on the edge of collapse, and only drastic measures can now ensure this endangered species gets a fighting chance of recovery,” added Sebastian Losada, Oceans Campaigner for Greenpeace International. “The extent of the failure by ICCAT members to act responsibly and preserve our marine environment can no longer be ignored.

[PressReleasePoint - Free Press Release Distribution] Greenpeace: CITES is last chance to save bluefin tuna from ...: Since 2006, scientists have been ringing the alarm bell on the dire state of the bluefin tuna stock, advising that fisheries be held below a maximum of 15,000 tonnes and to protect the species’ spawning grounds during the crucial months of May and June. However, the spawning grounds are rampaged by industrial fleets every year, and the actual haul has been estimated at 61,100 tonnes in 2007 - twice the agreed legal catch, and more than four times the recommended level to avoid collapse of the bluefin tuna population.

[Greenpeace - Making Waves] Greenpeace - Making Waves: Mediterranean pirates discovered by ...: Since July 22nd and until the 31st, our team on board the Rainbow Warrior is back in Sicilian waters to raise the alarm over illegal drift netting and to document seamounts in international waters and other areas that could be rich in biodiversity in the Sicilian channel. To do this they are diving and using a deep submersible drop camera.

[Greenpeace UK RSS] What happened to your promise to protect bluefin, M Sarkozy ...: One of the first ways that we will implement this change will be, let me announce it to you, the complete French support regarding the listing of bluefin tuna to the international wild species convention, in order to ban any trade in this fish.I am delighted that the Sea Summit has been allowed to advance towards the protection of this emblematic Mediterranean species that has been demanded for so long by the scientists that I personally received several months ago.

[GreenpeaceUSA Blog] It takes a village - Greenpeace USA Blog: The world looked on as France and the UK rallied to Monaco’s call and formally announced their support to list the Mediterranean bluefin tuna as an endangered species. Now we as American consumers need to show our support by urging the US government to join France, the UK and Monaco in moving to protect the bluefin.

[The Greenpeace weblog] Greenpeace - Making Waves: Putting a stop to dangerous cargo in ...: Although the French and Italian governments agreed in 1993 to protect the area and ban their own vessels from carrying dangerous substances through Bonifacio, real protection has failed. Every year, around 3,000 cargo ships - including French and Italian vessels - cross the Bonifacio Strait, and approximately ten percent of these carry dangerous substances.

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