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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10020

17 November 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
38% reduction in allowable bluefin tuna catches

Brussels, 16/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - After 10 days of intense negotiations, the contracting parties of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) reached a compromise in Recife, in the north-east of Brazil, on Sunday 15 November on bluefin tuna catches in the Mediterranean and the Eastern Atlantic. The total allowable catch (TAC) for this endangered species will be reduced by roughly 40% between 2009 and 2010, and the door has been left open for a closure...

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