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C'est Fin Sushi popularity means bad news for tuna, WWF warns		07 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
C'est Fin Sushi popularity means bad news for tuna, WWF warns The popularity of sushi is sending tuna stocks into a downward spiral, says the World Wildlife Fund, warning that Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna will go extinct if commercial fishers continue hooking them at current rates. "The fishery is running out of control," WWF says in a new report. To keep ...
Topics: Atlantic Ocean, marine life, Mediterranean, news, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

It's All Happening at the Zooplankton New species of deep-sea zooplankton discovered		05 May 2006	Daily Grist
It's All Happening at the Zooplankton New species of deep-sea zooplankton discovered Scientists have found 10 to 20 new species of zooplankton deep in the Atlantic Ocean, including teeny-tiny shrimp-like creatures, gooey jellyfish-esque plankton, and swimming worms. Zooplankton form the base of many ocean food chains and act as carbon sinks by feeding on carbon-laden plant phytoplankton and then sinking to the ocean depth ...
Topics: Atlantic Ocean, marine life, news (all these topics)

Out of Tuna Bluefin tuna, unable to swim inside the lines, at risk of extinction		03 May 2005	Daily Grist
Out of Tuna Bluefin tuna, unable to swim inside the lines, at risk of extinction Apparently western Atlantic bluefin tuna don't understand the concept of fisheries quotas, and may soon face extinction because of it, marine scientists report in the journal Nature. Bluefin tuna can grow up to 10 feet in length and weigh 1,500 lbs., and, due to high demand for sushi, they can fetch as much as $98,000 on the Tokyo fish market ...
Topics: Atlantic Ocean, marine life, news (all these topics)

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