Tuna Past and Present

Census of Marine Life,
Washington DC
5-Aug-2007

Historians detail collapse of bluefin tuna population off northern Europe;
Tagging reveals migration, breeding secrets of declining population

Danish auction hall 1946 webOcean historians affiliated with the Census of Marine Life have painted the first detailed portrait of a burst of fishing from 1900 to 1950 that preceded the collapse of once abundant bluefin tuna populations off the coast of northern Europe.

The chronicle of decimation of the bluefin tuna population in the North Atlantic is being published as other affiliated researchers release the latest results of modern electronic fish tagging efforts off Ireland and in the Gulf of Mexico, revealing remarkable migrations and life-cycle secrets of the declining species.

Full text: www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-08/coml-com073007.php

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