Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Tuna

Tshaj tawm tam sim, Lub Rau Hli 20, 2016

Hu rau: Catherine Kilduff, Center for Biological Diversity, (202) 780-8862, [email tiv thaiv] 

SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific bluefin tuna tau mus txog qhov txaus ntshai ntawm cov pej xeem tsawg, yog li kev koom tes ntawm cov tib neeg thiab pab pawg hnub no tau thov rau National Marine Fisheries Service los tiv thaiv cov tsiaj raws li Txoj Cai Endangered Species Act. Cov pej xeem Pacific bluefin tuna tau poob qis dua 97 feem pua ​​​​ txij li thaum pib nuv ntses, feem ntau vim hais tias lub teb chaws tau ua tsis tiav los txo kev nuv ntses txaus los tiv thaiv hom iconic, khoom kim heev ntawm sushi menus. 

"Yog tsis muaj kev pab, peb yuav pom lub kawg Pacific bluefin tuna muag tawm thiab ploj mus rau kev ploj tuag," hais Catherine Kilduff ntawm Lub Chaw rau Kev Sib Haum Xeeb. "Kev tshawb fawb tagging tshiab tau tso lub teeb pom kev tsis meej ntawm qhov chaw majestic bluefin tuna reproduce thiab tsiv teb tsaws, yog li peb tuaj yeem pab cawm hom tseem ceeb no. Tiv thaiv cov ntses zoo kawg no nyob rau hauv Txoj Cai Endangered Species Act yog qhov kev cia siab kawg, vim tias kev tswj hwm kev ua liaj ua teb ua tsis tau kom lawv tawm ntawm txoj kev mus rau kev ploj tuag. "  

Cov neeg thov thov kom Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Nuv Ntses npe Pacific bluefin tuna raws li kev phom sij suav nrog Lub Chaw rau Kev Sib Tw Tsiaj, Lub Hiav Txwv Foundation, Ntiaj Teb Kev Ncaj Ncees, Lub Chaw rau Kev Nyab Xeeb Khoom Noj, Cov Tiv Thaiv Tsiaj Tsiaj, Greenpeace, Lub Hom Phiaj Blue, Recirculating Farms Coalition, Safina Center, SandyHook SeaLife Foundation , Sierra Club, Turtle Island Restoration Network thiab WildEarth Guardians, nrog rau cov khoom noj nqaij nruab deg ruaj khov Jim Chambers.

Diam duab courtesy Wikimedia Commons/aes256. Qhov no Diam duab muaj rau kev siv xov xwm.

Mark Spalding, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm The Ocean Foundation tau hais tias "Qhov no zoo nkauj, ua tau zoo ntawm cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw yog qhov tseem ceeb rau ecosystem sib npaug hauv dej hiav txwv," "Hmoov tsis zoo, cov ntses no tsis muaj qhov chaw nkaum ntawm tib neeg lub siab, kev deb, kev nuv ntses loj. Nws tsis yog kev sib ntaus ncaj ncees, thiab yog li Pacific bluefin tuna poob. "

Ua kom muaj kev txhawj xeeb nyob ib puag ncig cov tuna cov pejxeem poob qis dua li 3 feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov neeg tsis tau ntses, yuav luag tag nrho Pacific bluefin tuna tau sau hnub no raug ntes ua ntej yug me nyuam, ua rau ob peb tus neeg paub tab thiab nthuav cov hom. Hauv xyoo 2014, Pacific Bluefin tuna cov pejxeem tau tsim cov ntses me me thib ob uas pom txij li xyoo 1952. Tsuas yog ob peb lub hnub nyoog laus ntawm Pacific bluefin tuna muaj nyob, thiab cov no yuav sai sai ploj vim muaj hnub nyoog laus. Yog tias tsis muaj cov ntses hluas kom loj hlob mus rau hauv cov khoom lag luam spawning los hloov cov neeg laus laus, lub neej yav tom ntej yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg rau Pacific bluefin tshwj tsis yog cov kauj ruam tam sim no tau ua kom tsis txhob poob qis no.

Phil Kline, tus kws tshaj lij dej hiav txwv loj ntawm Greenpeace tau hais tias "Kev noj zaub mov tsis txaus siab thoob ntiaj teb kev lag luam tau ua rau Pacific bluefin tuna poob qis los ntawm 97 feem pua," "Nrog Pacific bluefin tam sim no tab tom ntsib kev ploj tuag tsis yog tsuas yog cov npe muaj kev nyab xeeb, nws tau dhau mus ntev. Lub tuna xav tau txhua yam kev tiv thaiv peb tuaj yeem muab rau lawv. "

Pib hnub Monday, Lub Rau Hli 27 hauv La Jolla, Calif., cov teb chaws yuav sib tham txog kev txo qis rau Pacific bluefin tuna ntawm lub rooj sib tham ntawm Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Tag nrho cov cim taw qhia rau Pawg Saib Xyuas kev xaiv los tswj cov xwm txheej quo, uas tsis txaus los xaus kev nuv ntses, cia nyob ib leeg txhawb kev rov qab los rau qib noj qab haus huv.

"Xav txog qhov no: Bluefin tuna siv sijhawm txog kaum xyoo kom paub tab thiab yug me nyuam, tab sis ntau tus raug ntes thiab muag thaum hluas, ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam txog kev rov ua dua tshiab thiab muaj peev xwm ntawm hom. Hauv 50 xyoo dhau los, kev siv tshuab thev naus laus zis tau ua rau peb tua ntau dua 90 feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov tuna thiab lwm hom, "said Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic explorer-in-residence thiab founder of Mission Blue. "Thaum ib hom ntses tawm, peb txav mus rau lwm qhov, uas tsis zoo rau dej hiav txwv thiab tsis zoo rau peb."

"Nyob ze li ntawm ib puas xyoo ntawm kev tsis saib xyuas thiab tsis txwv kev nuv ntses rau Pacific bluefin tuna tsis tau tsuas yog coj tus tuna nws tus kheej mus rau brink ntawm kev ploj tuag, tab sis kuj tau ua rau ntau tus tsiaj nyob hauv hiav txwv, vaub kib thiab sharks raug ntes thiab tua los ntawm tuna nuv ntses iav," said. Jane Davenport, tus kws lij choj laus neeg ua hauj lwm ntawm Defenders of Wildlife.

"Lub Pacific bluefin tuna yog cov ntses loj tshaj plaws, cov ntshav sov, feem ntau yog rau taw ntev, thiab yog ib qho loj tshaj plaws, ceev tshaj plaws thiab zoo nkauj tshaj plaws ntawm tag nrho cov ntses hauv ntiaj teb. Nws kuj tseem muaj kev puas tsuaj, "said Doug Fetterly ntawm Sierra Club. "Vim qhov xwm txheej tsis zoo nrog cov pej xeem poob ntawm 97 feem pua, kev nuv ntses tsis tu ncua, thiab ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam tsis zoo los ntawm kev hloov pauv huab cua, Sierra Club Marine Action Team hu rau kev tiv thaiv cov tsiaj tseem ceeb no los ntawm kev teev nws tias muaj kev puas tsuaj. Yog tias tsis muaj kev tiv thaiv no, Pacific bluefin tuna yuav txuas ntxiv nws qis qis mus rau kev ploj tuag. "

Carl Safina, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Lub Safina Center tau hais tias "Pacific bluefin tej zaum yuav yog cov ntses uas tsis muaj kev puas tsuaj hauv ntiaj teb." "Lawv kev ua phem thiab kev puas tsuaj uas tsis muaj kev tswj hwm yog kev ua txhaum cai tawm tsam ntuj. Txawm hais tias kev lag luam, nws ruam. "

Adam Keats, tus kws lij choj laus ntawm Lub Chaw Saib Xyuas Kev Nyab Xeeb Khoom Noj tau hais tias "Qhov ze ze ntawm kev ploj tuag ntawm Pacific bluefin tseem yog lwm qhov piv txwv ntawm peb qhov tsis tuaj yeem loj hlob - lossis qhov no, ntes - peb cov zaub mov kom ruaj khov," "Peb yuav tsum hloov peb txoj hauv kev yog tias peb yuav muaj sia nyob. Vam tias nws yuav tsis lig dhau rau lub bluefin. "

Taylor Jones, tus kws tawm tswv yim txog kev puas tsuaj ntawm WildEarth Guardians hais tias "Kev tsis txaus siab ntawm tib neeg kev noj qab haus huv tau ua rau peb lub hiav txwv. "Peb yuav tsum txwv tsis pub peb saj rau sushi thiab nqis tes los cawm cov tsiaj qus zoo kawg nkaus li bluefin tuna los ntawm kev ploj mus."

"Lus npe lub Pacific Bluefin tuna ua ib hom kab mob yuav ua rau suav tsis txheeb cov menyuam yaus ntses kom ncav cuag kev loj hlob, yog li pab txhim kho qhov kev nuv ntses depleted no. Qhov kev sib tw loj dua yog, tau kawg, txhawm rau tswj tsis raug cai thiab tsis raug cai nuv ntses hauv dej thoob ntiaj teb, ib qho teeb meem uas yuav tsum tau hais txog thoob ntiaj teb, "said Mary M. Hamilton ntawm SandyHook SeaLife Foundation.   

Todd Steiner, kws tshawb fawb tsiaj txhu thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Turtle Island Restoration Network tau hais tias "Cov xwm txheej nrhiav cov neeg noj sushi tab tom noj cov ntses bluefin loj heev rau kev ploj mus thiab peb yuav tsum nres tam sim no, ua ntej nws lig dhau lawm," "Tsua lub Pacific bluefin rau ntawm Daim Ntawv Teev Npe Tsis Txaus Siab yog thawj kauj ruam los xaus kev tua thiab muab cov tsiaj zoo nkauj no rau ntawm txoj kev rov qab los."

Jim Chambers, tus tswv ntawm Prime Seafood tau hais tias "Kev lag luam tsis txwv kev lag luam overfishing consoned los ntawm lub thoob ntiaj teb lub cev twb tso cai rau Pacific bluefin tuna poob rau tsuas yog 2.6 feem pua ​​ntawm nws unfished theem," said Jim Chambers, tus tswv ntawm Prime Seafood. "Bluefin yog qhov kev hloov pauv loj tshaj plaws ntawm txhua tus ntses thiab vim tias lawv lub zog loj thiab lub zog muaj zog tau tsim nyog suav tias yog qhov kev sib tw loj tshaj plaws hauv kev nuv ntses loj. Peb tsuas yog yuav tsum tau txuag lub ntiaj teb cov ntses muaj txiaj ntsig tshaj plaws ua ntej nws lig dhau lawm. "

Nyeem tag nrho cov ntawv thov no.