"Pacific Tuna Stocks Have Plummeted, Scientists Warn"

"The Pacific bluefin tuna, fished relentlessly for decades, is in trouble."

"A report issued this week by fisheries scientists on behalf of fishing nations, including the United States and Japan, shows that decades of uncontrolled overfishing have left stocks vulnerable, with conservationists warning that there is a real possibility of their collapse.

The fisheries scientists, working for an organization known as the International Scientific Committee to Study the Tuna and Tuna-Like Species of the North Pacific Ocean, spell out the crisis in unusually stark language."

David Jolly reports for the New York Times' Green blog January 10, 2013.