Brussels, 19/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 19 September, the European Commission decided to close the bluefin tuna fisheries in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean until the end of the year. According to catch statistics received so-far, the quota of 16,780 tonnes allocated to the EU for 2007 has been exhausted.
The member states directly affected by this ban are Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus and Malta. These countries were continuing to fish bluefin tuna, unlike Italy and...