This investigative series from The Center for Public Integrity is a must read with representatives from 48 countries currently meeting in France to set fishing quotas for the Atlantic bluefin.
How overfishing, rampant cheating and official complicity has plundered the Atlantic bluefin tuna.
Kiss them goodbye... As reported by the Associated Press pressure from France, Spain, and other Mediterranean nations has forced the EU to abandon previously touted plans to significantly cut quotas on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna next year. At current fishing rates, where actual catch numbers are far about official quota levels, the iconic fish is expected to be extinct by 2012.
LINK (Via: Treehugger)