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Endangered Species of the Week: Southern bluefin tuna
Species: Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
Status: Critically Endangered (CR)
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Tuna farming in Japan raises bluefin population, but does not solve overfishing problem
photo by Stewart (source: Flickr Creative Commons)
Kinki University in Japan has developed a way to farm prized bluefin tuna, but it is far from eco-friendly according to Greenpeace.
The WWF predicts Mediterranean bluefin will be wiped out by 2012 because of overfishing to sate the appetite of gourmet diners.
–CNN
Read the CNN article on bluefin tuna ranching and check out the embedded video report.
CNN Eco Solutions – Japan’s ‘greener’ tuna
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The overfishing of tuna causes environmental and economic problems around the world
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Canadian ‘climate spoof’ websites shut down
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Vedanta Resources plc, an India-based mining firm, has been the subject of much criticism from the press and activist groups – including Amnesty International and Survival International – due to questionable human rights and environmental practices. In October 2008, The Ecologist reported that the partly British-owned company was to establish a bauxite mine on a hill that is crucial to the survival of the Dongria Kondh, a tribal people living in the Indian state of Orissa. The Dongria Kondh people...
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Breaking News: People Taken Hostage at Discovery Channel’s Headquarters
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Green Eggs and… Childcare Development
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HBO documentary ‘The Lazarus Effect’ highlights Sub-Saharan Africa’s AIDS crisis
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Greenpeace occupies deep-water drilling ship near Shetland Islands
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Whale-watching vs. whale-whacking
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The Creation of Plastics Just got Sweeter
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Shanghai threatened by rising seas; climate change
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