![A new study finds that tuna harvests, including of some species considered "vulnerable," have increased by an astonishing 1,000% in the last 60 years — a rate that some scientists warn is unsustainable. [NiCK / Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/TUNAoverharvest.png)
October 10, 2019
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A new study, published in Fisheries Research, reveals that the sheer amount of tuna being taken from our seas, including some species considered "vulnerable," has increased by an astonishing 1,000% in the last 60 years — a rate that some scientists are saying is unsustainable. The study, which looked only at larger industrial catches, says we're pulling nearly 6 million metric tons of tuna from the oceans each year...
