Brussels, 16/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has welcomed the adoption, on 12 December, of a three-year management plan for yellowfin and bigeye tuna by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). Key elements of the plan are a 30% reduction over three years in catches of bigeye tuna, and a two-month prohibition on fishing with floating platforms which are used to attract fish (with the ban to be extended to three months in 2010).
Though these measures do...