Plenty more seafood in the ocean? Perhaps perhaps Not for a lot longer
Significantly more than 40 species of marine seafood currently based in the Mediterranean could vanish within the next couple of years. Based on a research when it comes to IUCN Red range of Threatened typesв„ў regarding the status of marine fish into the mediterranean and beyond, very nearly 50 % of the types of sharks and rays (cartilaginous seafood) and also at least 12 types of bony seafood are threatened with extinction because of overfishing, marine habitat degradation and air air pollution.
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Photo: Andrea Molinari
Commercial types like Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus), Dusky Grouper (Epinephelus marginatus), water Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) or Hake (Merluccius merluccius) are considered threatened or Near Threatened with extinction in the local degree due primarily to overfishing.
“The Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic populace associated with Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is of specific concern. There’s been a calculated 50% decrease in this species’ reproduction potential within the last 40 years because of intensive overfishing,” says Kent Carpenter, IUCN Global Marine types Assessment Coordinator. “The shortage of conformity with present quotas along with extensive underreporting regarding the catch might have undermined preservation efforts with this species into the Mediterranean.”
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