Photo: Bluefin Tuna in Atlantic Nearing Extinction, Conservation Group Says

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A bluefin tuna feeds near the surface in North Carolina.

International conservation organization WWF is calling for an immediate end to fishing of bluefin tuna. It says widespread illegal overfishing has nearly destroyed the species in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Photograph by Brian J. Skerry/NGS

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