Brussels, 10/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - WWF, the global conservation organisation, has sounded the alarm and called for the immediate closure of the bluefin tuna fishery in the Mediterranean and the Eastern Atlantic, according to a press release published on 8 May, the day after the failure of European ministers to adopt recovery measures for this species (se EUROPE 9422).
Noting that the Council has postponed discussions on bluefin tuna until mid-June, WWF says that, even if an agreement is...