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April 15, 2008- Large Pelagics Resesarch Center Director Molly Lutcavage and collaborator Selina Heppell contribute to the PRFP Newsletter
April 1, 2008- UNH Tag A Tiny program is featured in Billfish: the Billfish Foundation's sportfishing conservation magazine
March 20, 2008- Europe clamps down on overfishing of bluefin tuna
March 18, 2008- BBC radio4 follows Large Pelagics Research Lab turtle tagging team to Georgia in its World on the Move series
March 5, 2008- Southern bluefin tuna in Australia spawn in captivity in SA company lands tuna breeding breakthrough
February 21, 2008- Juvenile tuna PSAT recovery highlighted in UNH Recovers Tuna Tag With Help From Cape Hatteras Mom
February 20, 2008- UNH's Dr. Andrew Rosenberg speaks about AAAS conference on New Hampshire's NPR show, the Exchange
February 20, 2008- NMFS releases bluefin tuna landing information for January 2008
February 18, 2008- WWF urges a tuna sales halt
February 15, 2008- X-Tag recovered off of Cape Hatteras! Read the story linking scientists, educators, parents and students!
February 1, 2008- Commercial Fisheries News highlights a leatherback turtle tag recapture story in it's February issue.
January 31, 2008- National Public Radio weighs in on the tuna/mercury controversy in this balanced story, Making Sense of Mercury in Fish
January 29, 2008- Coastal Conservation Association writes an article on the outlook for bluefin tuna
January 28, 2008- NMFS will hold an informal Atlantic bluefin tuna scientific workshop in St. Petersburg, FL on February 5-6, 2008, see details on the Highly Migratory Species page.
Januuary 25, 2008- The Slate posts a story refuting the NY Times report, including great links to other tuna-mercury reports, including this 2003 NY Times article on mercury in bluefin
January 24, 2008- Time magazine refutes NY Times report in The Danger of Not Eating Tuna
January 23, 2008- NY Times reports High Levels of Mercury are Found in Tuna Sushi
January 18, 2008- Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies features collaborative leatherback turtle work
January 16, 2008- UNH attends CLIOTOP meeting in La Paz, Mexico, details in this Campus Journal article
January 15, 2008- The Charlotte Observer reports giant bluefin tuna spark Outer Banks gold rush
January 13, 2008- 60 Minutes features bluefin tuna in their broadcast The King of Sushi
January 5, 2008- Bloomberg.com reports the most expensive tuna ever auctioned in Japan.
December 31, 2007- NMFS announces quotas for the 2008 fishing year and releases landing information
December 27, 2007- The Christian Science Monitor reports on the state of bluefin tuna, featuring quotes from Dr. Molly Lutcavage
December 17, 2007- CBS reports on decline of bluefin stocks in Sayonara, Sushi?
December 16, 2007- Seacoast online reports on bluefin condition decline in Bluefin tuna slimming down
December 6, 2007- Boston.com OP-ED entitled Only half of a solution on bluefin tuna
November 27, 2007- Reuters UK reports EU agrees quota cuts to save bluefin tuna
November 26, 2007- Boston.com OP-ED entitled Tuna Greed, addresses ICCAT issues
November 21, 2007- APP.com reports on the lack of changes to bluefin fishery after ICCAT meeting
November 20, 2007- Canadian Press issues a statement expressing "disappointment" ICCAT meeting
November 18, 2007- WWF criticizes ICCATs decision not to impose a moratorium on bluefin tuna fishing
November 17, 2007- OpEd article in the New York Times entitled The Bluefin Slaughter
November 14-2007- Large Pelagics Research Center director Molly Lutcavage and Large Pelagics Research Lab students featured on Boston's "Chronicle" along with co-operative research collaborators Mike Genovese, Bob Campbell, Eric Stewart and Mike Matthews!
November 5, 2007- HMS releases the newest commercial bluefin tuna landings
November 5, 2007- WWF report highlights inconsistencies in trade and catch data in the Mediterranean
November 3, 2007- Cape Cod Times reports Bluefin Fishery in Danger of Collapse, with quotes from Large Pelagics Research Center director Molly Lutcavage
October 31, 2007- NMFS adjusts the general category bluefin tuna retention limits
October 23, 2007- The BBC reports on the state of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean
October 17, 2007- WWF calls for a moratorium on Mediterranean bluefin tuna
October 7, 2007- The Times Colonist reports on bluefin stocks in Canada, with quotes from Large Pelagics Research Center Director Molly Lutcavage and Cooperative Research Collaborators Ewan Clark and Eric Jacquard
October 2, 2007- Turtle entanglement story featuring work by Large Pelagics Research Lab graduate student Kara Dodge with the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
October 2, 2007- HMS releases the newest commercial bluefin tuna landings, and proposed initial bluefin tuna quota for 2008
October 1, 2007- MSNBC reports Sushi Passion Threatens Mediterranean Tuna
September 20, 2007- WWF reports on the closure of the Mediterranean and East Atlantic bluefin tuna fisheries
September 20, 2007- WWF's second installment of their bluefin tuna Witness Series
September 19, 2007- BBC news reports Europe bans bluefin tuna fishing
September 17, 2007- Commercial Fisheries News reports Bluefin purse seine ban expires; inshore net regs to be revised
September 7, 2007- Large Pelagics Research Lab tagging work featured in: Tagging programs improving knowledge of bluefin habits
September 5, 2007- HMS releases the newest commercial bluefin tuna landings
Septmber 4, 2007- Dr. Molly Lutcavage's interview on NECN Cable News- Fishermen suffer under decline of bluefin tuna
September 3, 2007- Cape Cod Times reports Bluefin tuna increasingly scarce in inshore waters
September 3, 2007- WWF reports Bluefin tuna sanctuary needed to save fish species in western Mediterranean
August 28, 2007- Hear Walter Golet's interview on bluefin condition decline on Maine Things Considered (produced by Barbara Cariddi of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network)
August 28, 2007- ScienceDaily.com reports on Large Pelagics Research Lab study on bluefin condition
August 26, 2007- Large Pelagics Research Lab scientists find that bluefin numbers and condition are dwindling in this news story
August 23, 2007- UNH press release regarding new paper on bluefin tuna condition decline
August 13, 2007- Boston Globe article on bluefin tuna fishery featuring Molly Lutcavage and Large Pelagics Lab collaborators!
August 8, 2007- WWF marks the end of the Mediterranean tuna season with their Witness Series
August 7, 2007- Updated bluefin tuna landings posted on HMS webpage
August 1, 2007- The Guardian reports PEI tuna fishery starts off with a bang, over 30 fish in just two days!
July 23, 2007- WWF reports ICCAT fails to urge capacity reduction for bluefin
July 9, 2007- Commercial Fisheries News releases the yearly "big fish issue", featuring Tunalab tagging efforts!
July 8, 2007- Portland Press Herald features bluefin tuna fishery in Waiting for the Bluefin
July 5, 2007- WWF reports EU vessels seen fishing for Mediterranean tuna after season closed
June 28, 2007- Bluefin tuna landings posted on HMS webpage
June 28, 2007- Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Division posts statistical document reports
June 26, 2007- NY Times article- U.S. Accuses Europe of Overfishing Tuna in the Atlantic
June 11, 2007- World Wildlife Federation article- EU doubles its quota for bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean
May 31, 2007- UK Telegraph article- EU to ban bluefin tuna fishing
April 4, 2007- Dr. Molly Lutcavage named "Conservationist of the Year" by the Coastal Conservation Association of New Hampshire
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