ICCAT Campaign: Demand urgent action now!!!

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ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) was set up to protect Atlantic tuna species and guarantee sustainable ocean stock levels but it has failed miserably. One species - the Atlantic bluefin tuna is on the verge of extinction. The bureaucrats and pen-pushers at ICCAT have consistently ignored scientific advice and have allowed unsustainable numbers of bluefin tuna to be caught. Sharks are often caught up as "by-catch" in commercial tuna-fishing operations- by banning the catching of tuna, ICCAT would also reduce the number of sharks caught. ICCAT is another one of those "official bodies" that seems to do nothing but waste money - they certainly don't do what they were set up to do - protect tuna. So who are these people? Well, the entire staff are listed below, complete with email addresses. I have listed their emails here, so you can copy and paste them into an email and let them know what you think and what you want them to do. I recommend a short simple message such as:

"Zero quota on bluefin tuna! More protection for sharks!! NOW!!!"

Now is a very important time to take action on this issue because the scientific arm of ICCAT has admitted that CITES protection for bluefin is necessary - but the managers need to take their advice (which they have chosen not to do in the past).

ICCAT email list:
driss.meski@iccat.int victor.restrepo@iccat.int papa.kebe@iccat.int laurie.kell@iccat.int juan.carlos@iccat.int luis.gallego@iccat.int jesus.fiz@iccat.int penelope.cabello@iccat.int