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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10010

31 October 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
Suspense and disagreement over blue fina tuna stocks

Brussels, 30/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - According to a joint Greenpeace and WWF press release published on Thursday 29 October, scientists of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) estimate that the current spawning biomass is less than 15 per cent of what it once was before fishing began - meaning Atlantic blue fin tuna meets the specific criteria necessary to list a species under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...

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