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Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:00 a.m.

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Popular sushi fish at risk of overfishing

Contributing Reporter
Published Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Despite the going rate of over $40,000 per fish, the Atlantic bluefin tuna — one the most highly evolved fish species — is in immediate danger because of overfishing.

Professor Joseph E. Powers of Louisiana State University gave a lecture on the marine animal on Tuesday at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. It was the first in a lecture series that supplements the class “The Future of Fisheries — Over-Harvested or Sustainably Managed?”

Powers’ talk introduced the basic techniques and terminology of fishery assessment and management, focusing on how they can...

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