Brussels, 22/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided on a zero tolerance policy with regard to measures to protect blue fin tuna. It is threatening shortly to close the fishery for this endangered species, since the quotas granted are very quickly being reached.
With the 2008 fishing year in full swing in the waters of the Mediterranean, on 19 May, the Commission wrote to the seven member states involved in this very lucrative fishery (France, Italy, Spain, Greece,...