Pew Environment Group: Governments cannot manage tuna balances
Though the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
acknowledges that bluefin tuna populations are 'low,' the Pew
Environmental Group believes that governments hold fishing
interests over ecosystem interests. Responding to a meeting of
the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic
Tunas, Dr. Susan Lieberman, director of international policy for
the Pew Environment Group, chose not to mince words. "ICCAT
member governments today adopted measures to protect oceanic
whitetip and hammerhead sharks, but were unable to provide real
protection for Atlantic bluefin tuna and several other species
of sharks whose populations are in jeopardy," Lieberman said in
a press release . "Denying critical protection for some of the
most threatened and iconic fish in the ocean is inexcusable."
According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration , "Atlantic bluefin tuna is a highly migratory
species that requires high levels of