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Five out of eight tuna species at risk of extinction

Five out of the eight tuna species are at risk of extinction, conservationists warned last night as they called for urgent action to tackle over-fishing.

Three species are threatened with global extinction, while two more will be under threat without action to help them, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Researchers looked at all 'scombrid' fish, which include tuna and mackerel, and billfishes, which include swordfish and marlins, and found that seven of the 61 known species were under threat.

Their study said some species were heavily over-fished, with little interest in conserving them because of the high commercial value of the catch.

There were also difficulties in regulating the multinational fisheries which exploit the stocks.

IUCN experts warned that all three bluefin tuna species - southern, Atlantic and Pacific - were susceptible to collapse because of pressure from fishing for the high-value fish.

Southern bluefin tuna are already critically endangered, the highest category of risk, and Atlantic bluefin are endangered, the assessment for the IUCN red list of threatened species found.

Bigeye tuna are vulnerable to extinction, while yellowfin and albacore tuna are close to being under threat, or will be threatened with extinction if conservation measures are not put in place to turn their fortunes around.

Among other species, blue and white marlin were both assessed as being vulnerable to extinction, putting them in the third of the three most serious categories for threatened species and at risk of dying out globally.

Dr Kent Carpenter, manager of IUCN's marine biodiversity unit and an author of the study, said: 'All three bluefin tuna species are susceptible to collapse under continued excessive fishing pressure.

'The southern bluefin has already essentially crashed, with little hope of recovery.

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Judge returns jumping mouse to Wyo threatened list

(AP) — A judge on Thursday ordered the US Fish and Wildlife Service to return a jumping mouse known for its long tail to the threatened species list in Wyoming. The Preble's meadow jumping mouse was classified as threatened in Colorado and Wyoming



Five out of eight tuna species at risk of extinction
Five out of eight tuna species at risk of extinction

because of pressure from fishing for the high-value fish. Southern bluefin tuna are already critically endangered, the highest category of risk, and Atlantic bluefin are endangered, the assessment for the IUCN red list of threatened species found.



Wolves, other wild critters abound

Last January, while attending the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas, I attended a round-table discussion about wolves and getting them off the federal endangered-species list. In front of the large audience sat Cal Groen,



Wolves Could Lose Federal Protection in Wyoming
Wolves Could Lose Federal Protection in Wyoming

Matt Mead of Wyoming to take the state's wolves off the endangered species list and out from under federal protection. Wyoming has long agitated to have the wolves de-listed so that hunting could be broadened under state regulations.



Keeping out Asian carp

The electric barriers on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal system near Chicago have held back the fish and appear to have kept the species from entering the Great Lakes, said Maj. Gen. John W. Peabody of the US Army Corps of Engineers,




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