Remember Charlie the Tuna? If you haven’t seen him on the air in while, it’s probably because he was caught and eaten long ago. Overfishing has decimated the Atlantic bluefin tuna. Populations are shrinking fast. Stricter international regulations to prevent overfishing are long overdue.
At the urging of Oceans Conservancy and Oceana, and allied groups, the United States recently proposed stricter protections for the Atlantic Bluefin to the United Nations negotiators. Sadly, the U.S. didn’t get enough votes from other nations to put its proposal into action.
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Dolphins are apex predators, meaning that they are at the top of the food chain in our oceans and there are not many animals that prey upon them. Still, you may ask yourself, what types of predators eat bottlenose dolphins? Dolphins are agile, quick and have a brain capacity 40% larger than humans, making them intelligent and when necessary, dolphins can be aggressive.
Very few predators are brave enough to attack the noble and beautiful dolphin. Most commonly you may find that sharks will kill and eat bottlenose dolphins, if they are of the smaller variety. Larger dolphins are simply too powerful and can either out manoeuvre them or will return the aggressive behaviour, ramming them with their snouts.
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The WWF (World Wildlife Fund) conducted a four year study of the oceans and seas of the world and determined that by the year 2048, the stock of all fish species currently exploited will collapse. Currently, the stock of about 1/3 of marine species have collapsed and the pace is accelerating drastically.
The main cause is the increase in international commercial fishing without adequate resource planning as there are too many fishing boats in relation to the carrying capacity of the resource. This creates undue pressure on the species while fishing companies continue to make handsome.
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