Dr. Daniel Pauly: “The Industry Won’t Take Actions To Save Tuna”
“Fishermen’s interests go against the public’s interests”
Written by Natalia Freitas for atuna.com, September 22, 2008
In this exclusive interview with Atuna.com, Dr. Daniel Pauly gives his views about tuna fisheries, Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs), Fishing Aggregating Devices (FADs) and reinforces the idea of governments taking actions to stop tuna stock depletion.
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Tinned Tuna's Hidden Catch
By Greenpeace UK, 13 August 2008
The UK is the second highest consumer of tinned tuna in the world, consuming the equivalent of more than 700 million tins of tuna in 2006 alone. Retailers and suppliers in this country must therefore take considerable responsibility for the environmental consequences of current fishing practices for tuna.
Published by: Greenpeace UK
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Almost twenty years ago, the Mexican exports of tuna products to United States, its main market, dropped 80% over one year and never really recovered. The reason for such a sharp fall was the tuna/dolphin ban imposed by the US government on Mexican tuna products, due their association with dolphin mortality.
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What Levels of Histamine Are Considered Dangerous to Human Health?
By U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Scombrotoxin formation as a result of time/temperature abuse of certain species of fish can cause consumer illness. The illness is most closely linked to the development of histamine in these fish. In most cases histamine levels in illness-causing fish have been above 200 ppm, often above 500 ppm. However, there is some evidence that other chemicals (e.g. biogenic amines, such as putrescine and cadaverine) may also play a role in the illness...
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