Tuna species recovering despite growing pressures on marine life – IUCN Red List

Marseille, France, 4 September 2021 (IUCN) – Four commercially-fished tuna species are on the path to recovery thanks to the enforcement of regional fishing quotas over the last decade, according to today’s update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ released at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille. However, the recovery comes in the midst of growing pressures on marine species, with 37% of the world’s sharks and rays now threatened with extinction primarily due to overfishing, compounded by loss and degradation of habitat and climate change. The IUCN Red List now includes 138,374 species of which 38,543 are threatened with extinction.

Header photo: Tuna fish (c) James Thornton via Unsplash