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18th Apr 13
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Links - NGOs
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Alaska Oceans Program
The Alaska Oceans Program is an independent programme of the Alaska Conservation Foundation. The organsiation‘s mission is to protect and restore the diversity of the North Pacific’s ocean ecology, including fish, wildlife, and seabirds and their habitat, while providing for sustainable human uses.
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Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC)
ASOC is a global coalition of environmental NGOs with more than 150 members in 40 countries. ASOC works to ensure that the Antarctic continent, its surrounding islands and the Southern Ocean continue as the world‘s last unspoilt wilderness. ASOC runs a Southern Ocean Fisheries Campaign to stop illegal fishing in the Southern Ocean
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Antarctic Krill Conservation Project
The Antarctic Krill Conservation Project is a growing network of organizations working together to promote krill conservation.
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The Apostleship of the Sea
The Apostleship of the Sea acts for the church among the people of the sea. Their mission is to offer practical help to those in need; solidarity with the oppressed; welcome and hospitality to those on the move; and spiritual sustenance. Click on the link for a report on fishing, including details on the exploitation of migrant workers in the IUU fishing trade.
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Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation
Granting entity that provides funding support to conservation initiatives that contribute to healthy and sustainable wild Atlantic salmon in the Atlantic Provinces and Quebec.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society
AMCS works with local communities to protect ocean life and habitats. The organisation lobbies governments and politicians, raises awareness amongst the public, supports marine research and works with conservationists and other stakeholders.
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Bird Life International
BirdLife International is a global partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. The organisation are campaigning to protect the albatross from illegal fishing in the Southern Ocean.
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Black Sea NGO Network
BSNN is an independent, non-political, non-governmental, non-profit voluntary association of NGOs from the six Black Sea countries: Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine, the goal of which is the facilitation of the free flow and exchange of information, resources and experience for the accomplishment of its mission which is: to contribute to the protection, rehabilitation and sustainable development of the Black Sea.
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Blue Ventures
Blue Ventures coordinates expeditions consisting of scientists and volunteers, working hand-in-hand with local biologists, governmental departments, NGOs and local communities, to carry out research, environmental awareness and conservation programmes at threatened marine habitats around the world.
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Center for Biological Diversity
The Center for Biological Diversity is a key endangered species advocate in North America. The Center works to secure a future for animals and plants hovering on the brink of extinction, and for the habitats they need to survive, using science, policy work, education and the law.
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Cluster: Fishing Companies in Third Countries
Cluster is a Spanish initiative within the European Union framework, directed at shipping associations with interests in fishing companies overseas. Its aim is to provide a platform from which to voice their opinions and to ensure that they act together in defence of their common interests. Cluster has 122 members and more than 370 ships. The site is in English and Spanish.
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Coastal Conservation Association (CCA), US
CCA is a non-profit organization, comprises 17 coastal state chapters spanning the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic and Pacific coasts. CCA has been active in virtually every national fisheries debate since 1984 and has participated in state and federal fisheries management issues for longer than two decades. CCA operates as a three-tiered organisation, affecting issues on the local, state and national levels.
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Conservation International
Conservation International's mission is to conserve the world's natural heritage and global biodiversity. CI works at every level – from remote villages to the offices of presidents and premiers – to help move whole societies toward a smarter development path. Through science, policy and field work, CI applies smart solutions to protect the resources that we all depend on. CI helps communities, countries and societies protect tropical forests, lush grasslands, rivers, wetlands, abundant lakes and the sea. You can sign up for news alerts.
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition is a coalition of organisations working together to protect seamounts, cold-water corals and vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems. The Coalition is calling on the United Nations General Assembly to secure a moratorium on high seas bottom trawling and protect these fragile and unique pockets of life in the deep seas before they are destroyed forever.
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ECO, New Zealand
ECO (Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand) is an umbrella group of environment and conservation organisations in New Zealand. The website has information about ECO and its member groups as well as news of the environment in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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ECOCEAN
ECOCEAN Inc is a not-for-profit association in Australia working for the conservation of the unique marine environment. ECOCEAN works to generate public awareness for marine conservation issues. ECOCEAN also encourages and facilitates quality research to provide important information (data) to assist with ‘best practice‘ management for the future conservation of the marine ecosystem.
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ECSIEP Advocating the Pacific
ECSIEP provides regular news updates on tuna fisheries in the Pacific.
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Endangered Fish Alliance
The Endangered Fish Alliance was started in Toronto in 2002 by a group of concerned chefs, restaurateurs, caring food professionals, conservationists, and was coordinated by staff members of the Toronto enviroguide. It is a not-for-profit organisation, which asks its members not to serve four endangered fish - swordfish, Chilean sea bass, orange roughy and certain types of caviar. The organisation encourages members to learn about the state of the world‘s fisheries before choosing seafood for their menus or inventory.
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Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is an international campaigning organisation committed to investigating and exposing environmental crime. Since 1984, EIA has used pioneering investigative techniques all over the world to expose the impact of environmental crime and to seek lasting solutions.
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Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)
EJF works to protect the natural environment and the people and wildlife that depend upon it by linking environmental security, human rights and social need. The above link takes you to information on EJF‘s international campaign against illegal fishing ‘Pirates and Profiteers‘.
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European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD)
The European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD) is a non-profit international, non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Brussels. EBCD is an active member of IUCN and provides the coordination of IUCN‘s Fisheries Working Group.
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EyeOverFishing
EyeOverFishing is a map of the UK fisheries system, the problems with it, and solutions that are possible today. It explores not only the question 'how can someone make a difference?' but also 'which changes within the fisheries system will make the biggest difference?' Site visitors can sign up to a newsletter.
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Fish Elsewhere
Thirty years ago the North African territory of Western Sahara was invaded by Morocco. The European Commission is currently finalising a Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Morocco, allowing EU fishing access to Moroccan waters. It would allow European boats to fish in the illegally occupied waters of Western Sahara. This would violate international law and prolong the 30-year-old conflict. A coalition of campaign groups, trade unions and politicians from across Europe and around the world has launched a campaign to exclude Western Sahara from the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement.
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Fish for All
The Fish for All initiative is designed to be a credible, global science and policy dialogue capable of instilling urgency into the issues at hand through the active participation of senior policy makers, opinion leaders and researchers at various levels of the community. Information dissemination will play a key role and wide ownership will be sought. Established in 2002, the intitiave aims to achieve an inclusive and informed public dialogue on issues such as fish and development, fish and nutrition, health, livelihood, environment, gender, water, river basins and coasts, trade and economic growth.
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Fisheries Secretariat
Based in Stockholm, the Fisheries Secretariat (FISH) is a non-profit organisation working towards sustainable fisheries in Europe and worldwide. FISH promotes the application of ecosystem-based management and the precautionary approach, together with practical solutions that minimise the effects of fishing on the marine environment.
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FishSubsidy.org
Subsidies paid to owners of fishing vessels and others working in the fishing industry under the European Union's common fisheries policy amount to approximately 1 billion a year. Fishsubsidy.org is a project coordinated by EU Transparency, a non-profit organisation in the UK and Kaas and Mulvad, an investigative journalism and data analysis partnership in Denmark.
The aim is to obtain detailed data relating to payments and recipients of fisheries subsidies in every EU member state and make this data available in a way that is useful to European citizens.
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Friend of the Sea
Friend of the Sea (FotS) certifies and promotes seafood from sustainable sources. FotS Approved Fisheries (a) target stocks which are not overexploited; (b) use fishing methods which don‘t impact the seabed and (c) generate less than average (8%) discards.
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Galapagos Conservation Trust
The Galapagos Conservation Trust (GCT) is a UK registered charity set up to raise funds for, and awareness of, the conservation needs of the Galapagos Islands. GCT was launched in 1995 with the aim of conserving the ecosystems and biological diversity of the Galapagos archipelago. GCT works with the key institutions in Galapagos. It is affiliated to the international network of Friends of Galapagos organisations, which is also represented in the USA, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the Nordic Countries, and Spain.
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Global Witness
Global Witness exposes the corrupt exploitation of natural resources and international trade systems, to drive campaigns that end impunity, resource-linked conflict, and human rights and environmental abuses.
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Greenpeace
Major international environmental NGO. Click on the above link to go to Greenpeace‘s page detailing their ‘Defending Oceans‘ campaigns. Click here for Greenpeace‘s blacklist of IUU fishing vessels.
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Guide to Fisheries Trade Data
Fisheries Trade Data guides data analysts through the process of sourcing and processing data on global fisheries. The guide links to 24 country and 6 meta-data websites where fisheries trade data can be sourced, and includes step-by step guidance on navigating each of these sites, including advice on the sourcing and extraction of trade data. It also provides information on how data analysis can be used by compliance and management officials in their efforts to tackle Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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The Herring Alliance
The Herring Alliance is a coalition of environmental and other public interest organizations dedicated to protecting and restoring marine wildlife populations and Northeastern U.S. marine ecosystems by reforming the Atlantic herring fishery.
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id21
id21 is a development research reporting service which provides UK-sourced research on developing country issues. The link is for the page on fisheries.
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Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
IEEP undertakes research and consultancy on the development, implementation and evaluation of environmental policies in Europe. They work with international agencies, EU institutions, national governments, NGOs and academics. Click here for IEEP‘s inshore fisheries project.
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International Big Fish Network (IBFN)
The IBFN is an education and advocacy non-profit organisation, based in Florida, which is dedicated to rebuilding the ocean‘s big fish stocks to sustainable levels. IBFN operates several big fish community programmes which are designed to improve worldwide communications, to educate and advocate rebuilding actions, complement the work of others and to recognize and reward success.
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International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
ICSF is an international NGO working on issues of relevance to small-scale and artisanal fisheries and fishworkers, with a special focus on livelihoods concerns. You can sign up to a news alerts service on the site.
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International Ocean Institute
The International Ocean Institute is a knowledge-based non-governmental, non-profit international organisation devoted to the sustainable development of the oceans. It operates through the activities of its Headquarters residing in Malta and Operational Centres located in 25 countries around the world. The Institute has consultative status at the United Nations, and works to uphold and expand the principles enshrined in the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea – namely that the seabed and the oceans are the common heritage of humankind, for the benefit of humankind as a whole, with particular consideration of the poor.
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Lighthouse Foundation
The Lighthouse Foundation: Foundation for the Seas and Oceans is a German-based charitable foundation whose purpose is to promote science and research, teaching, culture, and the principles of environmentalism and international development in relation to the world’s seas and oceans. The site is in German, English and Spanish.
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Marine Conservation Society
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is a UK charity dedicated to caring for our seas, shores and wildlife. MCS campaigns for clean seas and beaches, sustainable fisheries, protection of marine life and habitats, and the sensitive use of marine resources. Through education, community involvement and collaboration, MCS raises awareness of the threats to the seas and promotes individual, industry and government action to protect the marine environment.
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Marine Stewardship Council
Promotes the environmentally responsible stewardship of the world‘s fisheries. It has developed an environmental standard for sustainable and well-managed fisheries, and uses a product label to reward environmentally responsible management and practices.
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MarViva
MarViva is a Latin-American based NGO, dedicated to the conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal resources, by protecting and supporting the management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). MarViva has adopted an innovative approach to marine environmental protection that aims to foster collaboration on a local level between citizens, and the private and public sectors. The constant presence of MarViva boats on joint patrols with government authorities in National Parks and MPAs has resulted in a reduction in the number of illegal fishing vessels and gear in their waters.
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The National Coalition for Marine Conservation
The National Coalition for Marine Conservation is a non-profit national (US) environmental organisation devoted to conserving ocean fish and their environment. NCMC's mission is to build awareness of the threats to marine fisheries and convince policy-makers at the regional, national and international levels to restore and protect publicly-owned fishery resources.
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National Environmental Trust
The National Environmental Trust is a US-based non-profit, non-partisan organisation established in 1994 to inform citizens about environmental problems and how they affect health and quality of life. The link is for the Oeans and Marine Life front page.
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National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
The Natural Resources Defense Council is a US non-profit organization of scientists, lawyers and environmental specialists dedicated to protecting public health and the environment. Founded in 1970, NRDC has more than 1 million members and e-activists nationwide, served from offices in New York, Washington, Santa Monica and San Francisco. It is a member of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.
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Oceana
A Madrid-based organisation, which organises campaigns to restore and protect the world‘s oceans through policy advocacy, science, law and public education. You can sign up as a member of the Oceana Network to receive news and discuss issues with other members.
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RSPB International
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is running an international campaign to save species of albatross from extinction due to illegal longline fishing.
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was founded in 1977 with the aim of protecting and conserving marine mammals. The immediate goal was shutting down illegal whaling and sealing operations. Sea Shepherd is committed to the eradication of pirate whaling, poaching, shark finning, unlawful habitat destruction, and violations of established laws in the World‘s oceans. To that end, Sea Shepherd assists national and international bodies in the enforcement of international law under the authority of the United Nations World Charter for Nature.
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Sea Vision UK
Over 190 organisations from across the wider maritime sector, at sea and ashore, have joined together in Sea Vision UK. Sea Vision UK is a national campaign to raise awareness of the sea, including the maritime sector in its widest sense. Sea Vision has two objectives: to raise the profile of the maritime sector with the general public and specifically to target awareness amongst young people. The campaign also aims to set a blueprint for co-operation across the sector for the future.
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SeaChoice
SeaChoice is a seafood markets programme with the goal of realising sustainable fisheries in Canada and abroad. The organisation mobilises sustainable seafood markets via six main programmes: research, industry outreach, public education, retail partnerships, strategic communications, and dialogue with government.
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Seas at Risk
Seas At Risk is an independent non-governmental federation of national and international environmental organisations concerned with the protection and restoration of the marine environment, specifically the waters of the North and Irish Seas and the wider North East Atlantic. Seas at Risk is a member of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.
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SeaWeb
SeaWeb is a communications-based nonprofit organisation, with offices in the US, France and the UK, that uses social marketing techniques to advance ocean conservation. SeaWeb works to raise public awareness, advance science-based solutions and mobilise decision-makers around ocean conservation.
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Shark Alliance
The Shark Alliance is a new coalition of international non-governmental organizations dedicated to restoring and conserving shark populations by improving European fishing policy. The mission of the Shark Alliance is two-fold:
1. To close loopholes in European policy regarding the wasteful and unsustainable practice of shark finning;
2. To secure responsible, science-based shark fishing limits for long-term sustainability and ecosystem health.
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Shark Trust
Established in 1997, the Shark Trust is a UK marine charity dedicated to promoting the study, management and conservation of sharks, skates, rays and chimeras (Elasmobranchs). The Trust works through a series of scientifically supported campaigns, research and education programmes, and strives to provide guidance, facilitate decisions, influence legislation and raise public awareness of the plight of these animals on both national and international scales.
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Sharklife
Sharklife is a registered non-profit organisation, which addresses the alarming exploitation of both shark populations and ocean fisheries in South African waters. The organisation actively engage the urgent need for research and protection of many marine species.
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Somali Fisheries Society
The mission of the Somali Fisheries Society is to raise awareness of marine resources in terms of conservation and sustainability of fisheries development and aquatic ecosystems, and to encourage networking between Somali fisheries and marine science professionals.
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Southern Africa Sustainable Seafood Initiative (SASSI)
SASSI was set up in November 2004 to inform and educate all participants in the seafood trade, from wholesalers to restaurateurs through to seafood lovers. SASSI's main objectives are to:
- Promote voluntary compliance of the law through education and awareness.
- Shift consumer demand away from over-exploited species to more sustainable options.
- Create awareness on marine conservation issues.
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Species Survival Network
The Species Survival Network (SSN) coordinates the activities of conservation, environmental and animal protection organizations around the world to secure CITES protection for plants and animals affected by international trade.
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Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme
The Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP) started in 1999 and was financed for 7 years. It is a partnership between the UK Department for International Development (DfID), FAO and 25 participating countries in West Africa. The SFLP aims to reduce poverty in coastal and inland fisheries communities through the sustainable improvement of their livelihoods. Outputs include a number of publications, available online.
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Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership works with seafood buyers and producers to promote the long-term security of their own supply, by improving fisheries management and marine conservation.
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TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC is a joint programme of WWF and IUCN-The World Conservation Union, working to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature. Click here to go straight to TRAFFIC‘s information on illegal fishing in the Bering Sea.
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Tropical Research and Conservation Centre (TRACC)
TRACC was formed in 2001 to bring together into one NGO body a variety of existing and startup conservation and sustainable development projects in East Malaysia. TRACC undertakes surveys and conducts research to improve both knowledge and techniques for conservation and sustainable management of marine resources.
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Worldwatch Institute
The Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organization that works for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society, in which the needs of all people are met without threatening the health of the natural environment or the well-being of future generations. Worldwatch provides analysis of critical global issues, and the complex interactions between people, nature, and economies. Worldwatch focuses on the underlying causes of and practical solutions to the world‘s problems, in order to inspire people to demand new policies, investment patterns, and lifestyle choices.
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WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature)
A major environmental NGO: this is the website for WWF international. The link takes you to their page on their Global Marine programme.
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WWF Bluefin Tuna mini-site
This mini-site has been set up by WWF to highlight the plight of the Atlantic bluefin tuna. The site has information on the fish and its habitats, management issues, reports and campaigns.
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