[Atlantic bluefin tuna]…the adult breeding population had declined to 10% of what it had been twenty years ago, when regulation of the taking of these great ocean rangers began. The population as a whole had been reduced by more than half, and most of of what remained were immature. Stunned, I blurted out, ‘Are we trying to exterminate them? If so, congratulations! We’re making great progress.’
Sylvia Earle, NOAA’s Chief Scientist 1990-1992 (in Sea Change, 1995)
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna: A precipitous decline
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