More than half the tuna eaten world wide still comes from the Pacific, yet scientists have been warning for years that bigeye and yellowfin tuna are suffering from over-fishing. In the last 50 years, 90% of all the big fish, such as tuna, sharks and swordfish, have gone for good. The recovery of our over-exploited oceans depends on protected areas, not just for the tuna, but for all marine life, such as endangered leatherback turtles, sharks as well as whales and other deep-sea life.
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