Significantly more than 40 species of marine seafood currently based in the Mediterranean could fade away next years that are few. In accordance with a research for the IUCN Red range of Threatened typesв„ў regarding the status of marine fish into the mediterranean and beyond, very nearly 50 % of the types of sharks and rays (cartilaginous seafood) as well as minimum 12 types of bony seafood are threatened with extinction because of overfishing, marine habitat degradation and air pollution.

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Commercial types like Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus), Dusky Grouper (Epinephelus marginatus), water Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) or Hake (Merluccius merluccius) are considered threatened or Near Threatened with extinction during the local degree due primarily to overfishing.

“The Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic populace for the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is of specific concern. There is a projected 50% decrease in this species’ reproduction potential within the last 40 years as a result of intensive overfishing,” says Kent Carpenter, IUCN Global Marine types Assessment Coordinator. “The absence of conformity with present quotas along with extensive underreporting associated with the catch might have undermined preservation efforts with this species into the Mediterranean.”

The usage of fishing gear, such as for instance fishing lines, gill or trawling nets, in addition to unlawful utilization of driftnets ensures that hundreds of marine animals with no value that is commercial captured, threatening populations of many types of sharks, rays as well as other seafood, along with other marine pets including dolphins, whales, turtles and wild wild birds.

“The usage of trawling nets is among the problems that are main preservation and sustainability of several marine species,” says Maria del Mar Otero, IUCN-Med Marine Programme Officer. Continua a leggere