largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics

flesh of very large tuna

he warned that 「any bluefin tuna seiner or holding cage found in libyan waters will be intercepted, the nets will be cut open, and the fish will be released.

他警告说：“他们发现的任何针对蓝鳍金枪鱼的围网渔船和笼子都会被截获，渔网将被割开以释放其中的鱼儿。

the majestic bluefin tuna has been fished in the waters of the mediterranean and the atlantic for at least 7,000 years, doing its fish bit to sustain human wealth, health and happiness.

7000年前，人们已经开始在地中海和大西洋捕捞雄性蓝鳍金枪鱼了，一小块鱼肉能给人们带来财富、健康和快乐。

but it is not unusual at a meeting of around 2, 000 delegates representing parties from tiny states like monaco, which proposed the bluefin tuna ban, to the asian association of shark fin traders.

但是，与会代表从像摩拿哥这样的小国——他们同意禁止捕猎金枪鱼，到亚洲鱼翅贸易协会都有,对于这样一个有2000多个代表参加的会议来说这种现象并不罕见。

scientists, politicians, industry groups and activists spend a lot of time arguing over how much bluefin tuna should be caught in the atlantic ocean and its adjacent seas.

科学家、政客、捕鱼业的各类团体和各色活动家总要花上大把时间，决定应该在大西洋及邻近海域捕杀多少只蓝鳍金枪鱼。

prominent on the menu was bluefin tuna sushi.

菜单上，蓝鳍金枪鱼寿司赫然在列。

stocks of bluefin tuna have duly plummeted.

现有蓝鳍金枪鱼的数量正直线下降。

the european commission decided to support a ban on the international trade of north atlantic and mediterranean bluefin tuna this week

欧盟委员会本周决定，支持禁止进行北大西洋及地中海蓝鳍金枪鱼国际贸易的一项禁令。

if bluefin tuna and other species are managed properly, their exploitation can help ensure their preservation, rather than hasten their extinction.

如果金枪鱼和其他物种能得到有效管理，开发利用这些物种的同时就能够确保其保护，而不是加速其灭绝。

「a ban is the only possibility to prevent a total collapse of this species, 」 says sergei tudela, atlantic bluefin tuna expert for the world wildlife fund.

世界野生动物基金会的大西洋蓝鳍金枪鱼专家sergeitudela说：“该条例是阻止这个物种彻底灭亡的唯一可能」。

some 30% of fish stocks are considered collapsed, and 90% of large predatory fish — like the bluefin tuna so prized by sushi aficionados — have disappeared since the middle of the 20th century.

约30％的鱼类被认为正处于灭绝的边缘，90％的大型食肉鱼类 ---如寿司爱好者珍爱的蓝鳍金枪鱼 ---自20世纪中叶已经消失。

it is technically possible that bluefin tuna could be put back on the agenda before the meeting closes on march 25th, but this it is unlikely to happen.

理论上，金枪鱼可以在3月25日会议结束之前被重新提上日程，但是事实上可能性不大。

since the company's highly-publicized win at tsukiji last year, the hong kong branch of wwf has pressured the company to stop serving bluefin tuna at its restaurants.

自从这家公司去年赢得筑地拍卖一事被大量报道之后，世界自然基金会(wwf)香港分会就要求该公司停止在其餐厅中供应蓝鳍金枪鱼。

society/environment: bluefin tuna extinct.

社会与环境：蓝鳍金枪鱼灭绝。

as efforts to prevent the bluefin tuna suffering a similar fate are increased, some conservationists wonder whether there will still be a breeding population left to save.

随着对于正遭受着类似命运的蓝鳍金枪鱼的保护日趋完善，一些自然资源保护论者依然怀疑是否仍有被遗漏的繁殖种群仍未得到挽救。

on july 16th nicolas sarkozy, the french president, announced that france would support the placing of atlantic and mediterranean bluefin tuna on the cites list.

在7月16日，法国总理尼古拉斯·萨科齐宣布法国支持将大西洋以及地中海地区的蓝鳍金枪鱼列入cites名单。

a bluefin tuna can release 10 million fertilized eggs in a spawning season.

在繁殖季节，一条蓝鳍金枪鱼会产出一千万只受精卵。

conservationists want to ban international trade in bluefin tuna to allow stocks to regenerate.

生态保护主义者意图禁止金枪鱼的国际贸易，使金枪鱼种群能够得到恢复。