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 Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:44 am Post subject: EU set to ignore advice to ban bluefin fishing, says Greenp |
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Observers at the annual International Convention on the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) say that delegates are about to flout the advice of their own scientists and continue fishing the endangered bluefin. Last month the convention’s department of research announced that the stock was depleted enough to justify banning international trade. A moratorium on catching bluefin tuna is widely regarded as essential for the survival of the species, but is being obstructed by the European Union’s delegation, according to sources.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440158/s/71fcd0e/mf.gif' border='0'/>
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