The Slaughter of the Bluefin Tuna Must be Halted .The Mediterranean Sea must be closed to commercial fishing, and especially to the fishing of the bluefin tuna.The bluefin tuna will be commercially extinct within three years unless governments act now, act decisively and act aggressively.There are more than 600 poaching vessels operating in the Mediterranean and they are literally wiping the living resources into extinction.We must intervene and we must take whatever risks are required to drive these criminals
from the sea. The Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan is buying all the bluefin tuna they can get and freezing it, literally investing in the extinction of this magnificent warm-blooded, unique fish. Once gone, the bluefin will be extremely rare and Mitsubishi will be able to name their price.Because of the avarice of companies like Nobu and Mitsubishi, worldwide populations of bluefin have been reduced by 90%, perhaps more.This continued slaughter is intolerable.The European Union quotas are being ignored. The regulations are being ignored. Bluefin is being smuggled out of Europe like an expensive drug. From poacher to buyers to consumers, the trafficking in bluefin is a billion dollar criminal enterprise.Tuna fishing is managed by the Madrid-based International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. This is a corrupt body that is only interested in protecting the investments of the fishing industries in its 45 member countries. They ignore their own science and have been setting quotas twice as high as the industry scientists are recommending.Turkey is demanding higher quotas, and the poachers from various nations ignore the quotas altogether.SIGNATURES WILL BE DELIVERED TO cfca@ec.europa.eu , harm.koster@cfca.europa.eu AND MORE TARGETS.
Quotes used in this petition from Captain Paul Watson Sscs
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