Do you care enough about the Mediterranean bluefin tuna to boycott it completely? That means not eating it, selling it or cooking it?

Well, about 16,000 citizens from 149 countries have decided to do just that.

WWF has created a petition, which was signed by 15,941people, to present to the Contracting Parties of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

They hope that the Commission  will make sure that the fish is no longer sold in restaurants or markets so that it will have time to repopulate and properly breed in fisheres. This will save the species from going completely extinct.

Apparently a lot of people really do care about the survival of the tuna because they refuse to purchase it anywhere, making it more difficult for businesses to make money off the fish.

Here’s the entire article from ENN.

I think that this is a great idea to allow the bluefin tuna to sustain its species.

It’s not selfish to stop consuming one type of fish when there are so many other types of fish and food in the world. Just think of how many other countries in the world wish they had the luxury of cutting off food sources.