Overfishing - Credits

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Smith, Lewis (2015), The Guardian, North sea cod stocks bounce back, analysis shows [online], Available from: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/08/north-sea-cod-stocks-bounce-back-analysis-shows [accessed 05/07/2015].

Internation seafood Sustainability Foundation (2015), ISSF Tuna Stock Status Update - 20152 [online], Available from: http://iss-foundation.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2015/03/ISSF-2015-03-Status-of-the-Stocks-Feb-2015.pdf [accessed 05/07/2015].

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2015), Thunnus maccoyii [online], Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/21858/0 [accessed 05/07/2015]

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2015), Thunnus orientalis [online], Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/170341/0 [accessed 05/07/2015]

AFT, (2014), The Guardian, Governments agree 20% hike in Bluefin tuna catch [online], Available from: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/18/governments-agree-20-hike-in-bluefin-tuna-catch [accessed 05/07/2015].

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2015), Thunnus Obesus [online], Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/21859/0 [accessed 05/07/2015]

Oceana (2015), Atlantic Bluefin Tuna and Cities [online], Available from: http://usa.oceana.org/sites/default/files/CITES_English_Bluefin_Fact_Sheet.pdf [accessed 05/07/2015]

European Commission (2015), Facts and figures: 2015 Bluefin Tuna Fishing Season [online], Available from: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-5033_en.htm [accessed 05/07/2015]

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2015), Squalus acanthias [online], Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39326/0 [accessed 05/07/2015]

IUCN (2014), A quarter of sharks and rays threatened with extinction [online], Available from: http://www.iucn.org/?14311/A-quarter-sharks-and-rays-threatened-with-extinction [accessed 05/07/2015]

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2015), Clupea harengus [online], Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/155123/0 [accessed 05/07/2015]

The Scottish Government (2010), Sandeels [online], Available from: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/marine-environment/species/fish/sandeels [accessed 05/07/2015]

Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (2014), Krill Conservation [online], Available from http://www.asoc.org/advocacy/krill-conservation [accessed 05/07/2015]

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