![]() A French navy vessel was seen arriving in the area after the clash had ended, the statement added. Several boats surrounded the zodiacs, threatening them with knives attached to long poles and some of the fishermen also fired flare guns at a Greenpeace helicopter hovering overhead to monitor, Greenpeace said in a statement. The fishing ship, the Jean-Marie Christian VI, was one of several French tuna vessels in the area when the attack occurred in international waters near Malta, she added. "His life is not threatened, but he is in serious condition," Philippe said. The injured man, a British national identified by the group as Frank Huston, was transferred to a hospital in Malta where he was to undergo surgery Friday evening. "At that moment, fishermen violently attacked the activists, harpooning one of them through the leg," she told AFP by phone. "In a non-violent action, Greenpeace activists in zodiac boats attempted to lower the side of a purse seine net with sand bags to free the fish," said Isabelle Philippe of Greenpeace France. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page.AFP- A Greenpeace activist trying to free tuna from a commercial fishing net in the Mediterranean on Friday, May 4 was harpooned through the leg by fishermen on a French boat, the environmental group said. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. Recreationally, bluefin has been one of the most important big-game species sought by sports fishermen since the 1930s, particularly in the United States but also in Canada, Spain, France and Italy. Most Bluefin are captured commercially by professional fishermen using longlines purse seines, assorted hook-and-line gear, heavy rod and reels, and harpoon. European Union nations, who are responsible for most bluefin tuna overfishing, later abstained from voting to protect the species from international trade. In early 2010, European officials, led by the French ecology minister, increased pressure to ban the commercial fishing of bluefin tuna internationally. On 16 October 2009, Monaco formally recommended Endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna for an Appendix I CITES listing and international trade ban. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) affirmed in October 2009 that Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks have declined dramatically over the last 40 years, by 72% in the Eastern Atlantic, and by 82% in the Western Atlantic. ![]() This commercial importance has led to severe overfishing. Medium-sized and large individuals are heavily targeted for the Japanese raw fish market, where all bluefin species are highly prized for sushi and sashimi. ![]() The Atlantic bluefin tuna has been the foundation of one of the world's most lucrative commercial fisheries. Besides their commercial value as food, the great size, speed, and power they display as apex predators has attracted the admiration of fishermen, writers, and scientists. Throughout recorded history, the Atlantic bluefin tuna has been highly prized as a food fish. Atlantic bluefin tuna may exceed 450 kilograms in weight, and rival the black marlin, blue marlin and swordfish as the largest Perciformes. The Atlantic bluefin tuna is a close relative of the other two bluefin tuna species-the Pacific bluefin tuna and the southern bluefin tuna. Atlantic bluefin have become extinct in the Black Sea. Atlantic bluefin are native to both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. It is variously known as the northern bluefin tuna (mainly when including Pacific bluefin as a subspecies), giant bluefin tuna (for individuals exceeding 150 kilograms or around 330 pounds) and formerly as the tunny. The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a species of tuna in the Scombridae family. Back to Foods Showing Food Northern bluefin tuna General Information ![]()
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