Booming demand could drive tuna to extinction, researchers find

03.10.2019

Massive global expansion of tuna fisheries also poses a threat to sharks and other species, says studyScientists have warned that existing levels of tuna fishing are unsustainable after researchers found that global catches have increased more than 1,000% over the past 60 years.A study in the journal Fisheries Research estimated that about 6m tonnes of tuna are now caught annually, a rate that "risks driving tuna populations to unsustainable levels and possible extinction". Continue reading...

Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/03/booming-demand-for-tuna-driving-unsustainable-level-of-fishing-report

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