Politico: Bluefin tuna's demise under attack


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At their annual meeting last month in Istanbul, 48 countries that fish for a wildly expensive species of bluefin tuna prized by sushi lovers agreed to revamp their system for tracking catches.

The move came a year after reporters from the international arm of the Center for Public Integrity, the Washington-based nonprofit journalism organization, delivered a scathing investigative report on the regulatory system’s toothlessness, which was contributing to dangerously dwindling populations of the fish.

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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 12/8/2011 7:00 AM
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