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Bluefin tuna escapes endangered species list

The bluefin tuna has escaped being placed on the endangered species list, but the majestic fish prized by sushi lovers will be listed as a "species of concern" by the federal agency that oversees America's fisheries.After extensive scientific review, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Friday it has determined that bluefin tuna does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. The agency conducted the review after the Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition seeking an endangered status for the fish, claiming the species faces possible extinction because of overfishing and habitat degradation, including effects of the BP oil spill on bluefin spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico.Even though bluefin will not be listed as endangered or threatened, NOAA officials said they still have concerns about the fish, which can swim at speeds faster than 50 mph and grow to more than half a ton in size.NOAA scientists will revisit the status of the ...

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  1. Ice Seals Get Endangered Species Protection

    Six groups of seals threatened by shrinking sea ice are gaining new protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Ad...

  2. Government Using Endangered Species Act Against Oil Industry?

    FBN’s Gerri Willis on why the government should work for U.S. energy independence, not against it.

  3. Group Sues Interior Department Over Endangered Species List Decisions

    A conservation group sued the Interior Department on Thursday seeking documents about decisions on endangered species the group alleges were tainted by political pre...

  4. Wyoming could put grizzlies in the crosshairs

    The governor of Wyoming wants the feds to take grizzly bears off their endangered list, a move that could open the door to hunting the fearsome animals, which have b...

  5. Feds to Take Bears Off Endangered List

    Grizzly bears in areas surrounding Yellowstone National Park would be removed from the endangered species list under a proposal to be announced next week, officials ...

  6. Critics Say Obama Lagging on Endangered Species

    WASHINGTON -- Environmental groups are criticizing the Obama administration for what they say is a continuing backlog of plants and animals in need of protection und...

  7. Federal government lists 2 ice seals as threatened

    Two types of ice seals joined polar bears Friday on the list of species threatened by the loss of sea ice, which scientists say reached record low levels this year d...

  8. Bear Necessities?

    Governor of Alaska wants polar bears off the endangered species list so he can drill for oil

  9. Federal judge sets deadline for gov't to explain polar bear's listing as 'threatened' species

    A federal judge has given the Interior Department a Dec. 23 deadline to explain why polar bears were listed in 2008 as a "threatened" species instead of the more-pro...

  10. Stossel - 04/04/2013

    Stossel looks at environmental issues like climate change, endangered species and green energy

  11. Bald Eagle Taken Off Endangered -Species List

    The American bald eagle , once nearly extinct, is making a comeback, so much so that the revered bird was taken off the federal government's list of protected specie...

  12. Federal government lists 2 ice seals as threatened

    Two types of ice seals joined polar bears on Friday on the list of species threatened by the loss of sea ice, which scientists say reached record low levels this yea...

  1. Bald Eagle, Yellowstone Grizzly Bear and Western Great Lake Wolf off Endangered Species List

    Some animals can say that they’ve had a good year thus far. Others? Not so much.While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is contemplating adding polar bears to the f...

  2. The Endangered Species Act Out of Control

    Is a salmon born in a hatchery a different species from the same salmon born in the wild?It is hard to believe, but recent Federal court rulings are claiming that ot...

  3. Eye-Catching Parrot Species May Make Endangered Species List

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a step closer to adding four macaw species to the "endangered" list, the agency announced Friday (July 6).The birds — the great...

  4. Video of man jumping on manatee investigated

    Wildlife officials are investigating an online video that shows a man jumping on two manatees.The video shows a man doing a cannonball on top of what appears to be a...

  5. Scientists: Don't drop federal wolf protections

    Groups of scientists are urging federal officials not to remove protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states.In letters to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servi...

  6. Polar bears remain on endangered species list

    Peter Johnson, Jr. weighs in

  7. House Panel OKs Rewrite of Endangered Species Act

    A House committee on Thursday approved a sweeping rewrite of the Endangered Species Act ( search ) that hands major new rights to property owners while limiting the ...

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