News tagged with tuna
Unknowlingly consuming endangered tuna
Nov 19, 2009 |
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While most of us would never willingly consume a highly endangered species, doing so might be as easy as plucking sushi from a bento box. New genetic detective work from the Sackler Institute for Comparative ...
EU: bluefin tuna catches to be reduced
Nov 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The EU Commission says over 45 countries who catch tuna have agreed to cut catches of the threatened Atlantic bluefin tuna next year.
New study reveals first ever method to genetically identify all 8 tuna species
Oct 26, 2009 |
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A new paper published October 27 in PLoS ONE, the online, open-access scientific journal, unveils for the first time a method to accurately distinguish between all eight tuna species from any kind of processed tissue using ...
Hawaii regulators approve first US tuna farm
Oct 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu startup company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island.
Juvenile bluefin tunas can dive to depths of more than 1000 meters
Sep 30, 2009 |
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According to the AZTI-Tecnalia researchers, the first estimations of the geographical location of the recovered tag revealed that this fish had undertaken migrations between the Azores and Portugal during the winter, later ...
Helping Albacore tuna come out of the can
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are set to study the earbones and organs of more than 2000 albacore tuna to better understand the growth, age and breeding patterns of this increasingly important species.
New technologies help scientists track fish species
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New tracking and observing technologies are giving marine conservationists a fish-eye view of conditions, from overfishing to climate change, that are contributing to declining fish populations, ...
Overfishing threatens European bluefin tuna
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Bluefin tuna disappeared from Danish waters in the 1960s. Now the species could become depleted throughout the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, according to analyses by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Aqua) ...
Eastern Pacific tuna hang in the balance
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Oct 30, 2008 |
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Next week marks a pivotal moment for Eastern Pacific tuna. The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), the international body charged with the conservation and management of tuna and associated species in the eastern ...
1,000 tags reveal mysteries of giant bluefin tuna
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Oct 29, 2008 |
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A giant Atlantic bluefin tuna weighing more than half a ton had the honor of being fitted with the 1000th electronic tracking tag placed on this threatened species when it was caught and released on Monday ...
Scientists Find new migratory patterns for Mediterranean and Western Atlantic bluefin tuna
Oct 02, 2008 |
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New research into the life cycle of Atlantic bluefin tuna shows, for the first time, that Mediterranean and North American bluefin mix substantially as juveniles, but return to their place of birth to spawn. These new research ...
