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Scientists Try to Save Bluefin

Fishing practices slammed as 'totally out of control'

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 24, 2007 4:50 PM CST

(Newser) – Bluefin tuna can grow to three-quarters of a ton, traverse the Atlantic in less than a month, and are growing rapidly extinct—thanks to fishing practices that are "totally out of control," one US official said. Marine biologists who track Bluefin populations are...   Read full story »

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