Gutting!
Attempts to safeguard the future of endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna have failed as a result of intense lobbing by the international fishing industry.
Check out the BBC-World story here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8574775.stm
Atlantic bluefin tuna - featured in the documentary film 'The End of the Line' is in a desperate situation, having been serially depleted to critically low levels.
High hopes of an internationally agreed ban on the fishing of this species have just been quashed - largely by states with an interest in this fishery.
Forest& Bird helped bring film The End of the Line to New Zealand screens, recently premiering the film in Wellington. Check out this thread:
http://forum.forestandbird.org.nz/topic/the-end-of-the-line-1
Closer to home, our critically endangered Southern bluefin tuna faces similar pressures. Despite international agreement to cut quotas by 20%, New Zealand 's Ministry of Fisheries has proposed to increase the NZ catches by 25%:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1002/S00292.htm
A decision is yet to be made by acting Fisheries Minister David Carter.