Yet another study on the population dynamics of the
Bluefin Tuna, soon to be published on
Conservation Letters, points to the almost inevitable collapse of the Mediterranean and North-East Atlantic stocks, even if a complete moratorium were to be imposed. Even this possibility seems unlikely: the current management plan of ICCAT (the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) calls for a gradual reduction in quotas to 25,500 tonnes by 2010, far above the recommendations of the scientific community.
Although it's clear that only concerted action by governments can bring about change in this situation, the WWF offers
some advise on what you can do as a consumer. Greenpeace also manages a
petition calling for the creation of marine reserves aimed at improving the conservation of tuna and other species.