date:May 27, 2014
for managing this fishing. This helped bring the Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna stock back from the brink of extinction. I am confident that we are on the right track.
The eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna population had dropped up to 90 percent below the low levels of the early '70s as a result of overfishing, according to various estimates, by 2008. But ICCAT estimates say that as of 2012, stocks had recovered slightly, as additional scientific recommendations were gradually adopted.
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