The southern bluefin tuna's IUCN conservation status improved from "critically endangered" to "endangered."
Sources
- These popular tuna species are no longer endangered ... (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://iucn.org/news/species/202109/tuna-species-recovering-despite-growing-pressures-marine-life-iucn-red-list (iucn.org)
- https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/9/4/iucn-red-list-bad-news-for-sharks-komodo-dragon-tuna-improving (aljazeera.com)
- https://www.iss-foundation.org/about-issf/what-we-publish/2021/09/08/what-do-changes-to-tuna-ratings-on-the-iucn-list-really-indicate/ (iss-foundation.org)
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