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NMFS Determines Not to List Pacific Bluefin Tuna as Endangered

The National Marine Fisheries Service will not at the present time list the Pacific bluefin tuna as endangered or threatened, it said in a notice. The agency made a 12-month finding on a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity…

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that the fish is “not an endangered species throughout all or a significant portion of its range, nor likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range,” it said. The finding concludes the agency’s consideration of the June 2016 petition, which had sought listing of the Pacific Bluefin tuna as threatened or endangered.