Bluefin Tuna Extinction Agenda

Bluefin tuna have been on the endangered species list for some time now, but new studies show that the people in charge of protecting the species of fish have actually been the ones who put the tuna on the brink of extinction.

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, who was placed in charge of preserving Bluefin Tuna, is accused by scientists of setting yearly quotas for tuna fishing that were far too high than was acceptable to preserve the species, going against the advice of experts each year.

Here are the lyrics from a song recently released on the topic, by a local band from Portland named the Fishmonger Crew:

Bluefin Tuna Extinction Agenda
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Established to protect Atlantic tuna, an international fisheries group has actually driven the bluefin tuna to the brink of extinction, environmentalists announced Thursday.

The night before a meeting in Brazil of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), an accusation was made by environmentalists saying that the group brazenly ignored the advice of its own scientists...

Bluefin tuna they be going extinct
Bluefin tuna they be going extinct
Bluefin tuna they be going extinct
Bluefin tuna they be going extinct
Bluefin tuna put your dishes in the sink

I eat tuna, I heat pumas, I seek schooners
I reap rugers, I keep coopers.
Fish be gettin caught in nets ridiculous
We mistreat the environment, conspicuous
I tell listeners don't be so mischevous
respect ecology, reflect the pottery
we wear the wallabees, be scared? you gotta be
cuz these tuna they deserve an apology

Bluefin tuna they be going extinct
Bluefin tuna they be going extinct
Bluefin tuna they be going extinct
Bluefin tuna they be going extinct
Bluefin tuna put your dishes in the sink

Bluefin Tuna Extinction Agenda