Significantly more than 40 species of marine seafood currently based in the Mediterranean could disappear completely next years that are few. Based on a report when it comes to IUCN Red set of Threatened typesв„ў regarding the status of marine fish into the mediterranean and beyond, nearly 1 / 2 of the types of sharks and rays (cartilaginous seafood) as well as minimum 12 types of bony seafood are threatened with extinction because of overfishing, marine habitat degradation and air air pollution.
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Commercial types like Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus), Dusky Grouper (Epinephelus marginatus), water Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) or Hake (Merluccius merluccius) are considered threatened or Near Threatened with extinction during the local level due primarily to overfishing.
“The Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic populace associated with the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is of specific concern. There’s been a predicted 50% decrease in this species’ reproduction potential in the last 40 years because of intensive overfishing,” says Kent Carpenter, IUCN Global Marine types Assessment Coordinator. “The absence of conformity with present quotas coupled with extensive underreporting regarding the catch might have undermined preservation efforts with this species into the Mediterranean.”
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