Bluefin tuna bounces back

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http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/09/24/inenglish/1348487087_257603.html


A bluefin tuna is caught off the shores of Tarragona. / JOSEP LLUIS SELLART (EL PAÍS)

Bluefin tuna is a surprising species in many ways. Adults can weigh up to 300 kilograms, they are warm-blooded and can swim at 70 miles per hour. It also has a great capacity for recovery.

In 2006, after decades of overfishing and at the peak of demand in the global sushi market, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) created a plan that included slashing quotas - the amount dropped from 32,000 metric tons in 2007 to 12,900 this year - and a ban on netting any fish weighing under 30 kilograms.

An ICCAT report to be published soon details the remarkable recovery of the bluefin tuna population, which has left many scientists open-mouthed. Among the data to be included in the report are the success of fixed coastal nets and the swiftness with which seine fishermen complete their quotas. Balfegó, in Barcelona, took just a week to fill its warehouses.

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1. GOOD NEWS, is rarely celebrated, and certainly not fashionable in this forum, ...

A BIG rec and kick for Charlie, and the endurance against all the predators of his specie.

Good luck charlie.