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From BirdLife: “After a 3-year seabird risk assessment that found tuna and swordfish longline fishing has significant impacts on Atlantic seabird populations, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas failed to act at a recent meeting in Recife, Brazil”. No, I’m not at all surprised either…

The international commission that sets fishing limits for tuna is meeting in Brazil and facing a depressing reality: populations of Bluefin Tuna - ‘maguro or the King of Sushi’ - in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean are headed toward extinction. The only quota that will stop the slide is zero. As usual though all sorts [...]

A Scottish government campaign to get Scots to eat more fish because of the ‘health benefits’ of fish oil wins an award from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) - but a Harvard study links excessive fish and omega-3 oil consumption to type 2 diabetes - a recent study warns that “the negative impact [...]

One to think about: “40 per cent of humans’ exposure to mercury in the US is through tuna consumption,” says Harvard’s Elsie Sunderland in a study which also found Hg levels in Hawaiian waters up 30% in a decade. If atmospheric emissions aren’t curbed, “Within the next 30 years…scientists expect a 50% increase of mercury [...]

Still eating tuna? Studies estimate that longline fishing in the Pacific captures more than 3 million sharks, 40,000 sea turtles, and tens of thousands of seabirds, including the Black-footed Albatross. A press-release from Center for Biological Diversity gives the details.