This afternoon he appeared beached of carabids at the level of the ancient breakwater in the Hippodrome, the corpse of a copy of tuna red of considerable size.
The body was showing signs of deterioration in sight and could not know the cause of death.
bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a species of great culinary value and, consequently, high economic value and is subject to overfishing it headed for extinction.
This species live between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, following a yearly migration routes from one sea to another. These routes are constant and close to the coast which led to developing systems such as fixed fishing traps set along the coasts of Cadiz and Ceuta, for example.
Given the seriousness of the situation that you bluefin tuna, the European Union has proposed banning the trade in this species including the Convention on International Trade in Protected Species, CITES.
hope that the right measures are taken to protect this species, not to mention the many people who earn their living fishing for tuna and industry handling and processing of catches.
Think that tuna fishing is carried out from time immemorial in the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Andalusia and the Strait and has been creating a lifestyle around the traps and fishing seasons. Way of life threatened by overfishing of the species.