Overfishing of bluefin tuna, also
known as Thunnus thynnus, has been
very detrimental to the overall population. As the larger of the tuna are being
overfished, these fishermen begin fishing the smaller tuna before they had time
to reproduce. Because of derby days where fisherman would have 24 or 48 hours
to catch as much fish as they could they would throw unnecessary amounts of
equipments into the water, often loosing much in bad weather days. This equipment would then "ghost
fish" and kill and catch fish without a fisherman on the other end.
Therefore, the overfishing of the bluefin tuna has not only caused a decline in
population but also the younger tuna are not able to reproduce, which affects
many other animals in their ecosystem, as well as us humans. The disruption of
one animal in a specific ecosystem can severely affect many other living
organisms in that same ecosystem, as well as other ecosystems.
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