Nations Face Off Warily on Bluefin Tuna

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/nations-face-off-warily-on-the-bluefin-tuna/

It is great and all that people are trying to save the Bluefin tuna from extinction but if no one wants to compromise than we are going to get nowhere. Officials were to gather for 10 days in Paris under the auspices of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, a regional fisheries management organization. Scientists in this organization say the blue tuna is near extinction and the ICCATS itself has been ineffective in controlling overfishing. For conservationalists, this means the quota should be zero because they are fed up with the commisions inability to actually help stop the decline of the tuna's population. They argue that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico heighten the need for action. The entire congressional delegation of Massachusetts, a key bluefin fishing state, called on NOAA to reject a proposal by the Center for Biological Diversity to have the bluefin treated under American law as an endangered species like the bald eagle. They say how we should be helping the fisherman get back on their feet. ...Are they kidding me? Well in my opinion, they are going to need a lot of help if they bring the tuna to extinction. Japan officials, the country with the largest consumption of the tuna, have said they will support a fishing moratorium if ICCAT nations call for it. I guess we will have to see where this situation leads us.