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Description of  Red Gold: The Managed Extinction of the Giant Bluefin Tuna

Illuminating the conditions for global governance to have precipitated the devastating decline of one of the oceans most majestic creatures The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is the worlds foremost organization for managing and conserving tunas, seabirds, turtles, and sharks traversing international waters. Founded by treaty in 1969, ICCAT stewards what has become under its tenure one of the planets most prominent endangered fish: the Atlantic bluefin tuna. Called red gold by industry insiders for the exorbitant price her ruby-colored flesh commands in the sushi economy, the giant bluefin tuna has crashed in size and number under ICCATs custodianship. Read more