PACIFIC BLUE FIN TUNA WILL BE A RARE SPECIES IF NOT ALREADY FROM OVER FISHING

Officials from a conservation group have added the Pacific bluefin tuna to the list of species at risk of extinction. NHK WORLD's Yoshitaka Hirauchi reports.

Officials with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature released their latest "red list" of threatened species. They say the population of Bluefin Tuna in the Pacific is declining and is facing higher risks.

Wildlife experts made up the list by dividing animals and plants into eight categories. And they've moved the Pacific Bluefin Tuna up by two notches from "least concern" to "vulnerable."

The authors of the report say the species is extensively targeted by the fishing industry for the sushi and sashimi markets predominately in Asia.

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