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Tell NOAA: We Need a Moratorium on Bluefin Tuna Fishing
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    1. Administrator/NOAA (+ 1 other)
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      • Administrator/NOAA (Jane Lubchenco)
      • Communications Specialist/NOAA (Kim Amendola)
  2. Created By
    Sarah Parsons
    Silver Spring, MD
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Atlantic bluefin tuna have it rough: In recent years, a growing demand for sushi has pushed the fish's population numbers to plummet by as much as 85 percent. Despite their dwindling numbers, bluefin tuna are not listed as an endangered species, and fishermen continue to catch them at unsustainable rates.

Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said that if real progress isn't made at the upcoming International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, she would consider pushing for a moratorium on bluefin tuna fishing. Sign our petition asking Lubchenco to push for a moratorium now--it may be the only way to save bluefin from total extinction.

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We Need a Moratorium on Bluefin Tuna Fishing

Greetings,

Atlantic bluefin tuna populations have plummeted by as much as 85 percent in recent years. But despite the fish's dwindling numbers, bluefin aren't listed as an endangered species, and fishermen continue to catch them at unsustainable rates.

Jane Lubchenco recently told the New York Times that if real progress wasn't made at the upcoming ICCAT meeting, she would consider pushing for a moratorium on bluefin tuna fishing. We ask that you please push for a moratorium on bluefin tuna fishing right now. The United States is a world leader--if we push for a moratorium, it would prompt other countries to start taking tuna conservation seriously. Please push for a moratorium immediately--it may be the only way to save Atlantic bluefin tuna from total extinction.

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