SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA

Thunnus maccoyii

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IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR)

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- Chordates +
  - Ray-finned fishes +
    - Perch-like fishes +
      - Mackerels, tunas, bonitos +
        
        Albacores +
        
        Southern bluefin tuna
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In 1994, Australia, Japan and New Zealand signed the Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna in an attempt to curb the overfishing of this species (4). The Commission for the Conservation of the Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) has subsequently formed and in 2001, was joined by the Republic of Korea (4). The objective of the Commission is to ensure the conservation and optimum utilisation of the global southern bluefin tuna fishery, through management measures including reduced fishing quotas and research (4). Some scientists and conservationists are worried, however, that the Commission does not go far enough, and that global breeding stocks, having been reduced by as much as 97%, will require more drastic measures if they are ever to recover (5).

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