login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9961

25 August 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
EU to decide in autumn on whether or not to continue trade in bluefin tuna

Brussels, 24/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - The EU will decide in the autumn whether or not Atlantic bluefin tuna is to be put on the list of the world's most endangered species, a move which could effectively mean a provisional end to the international trade in this species, a European Commission source said on Saturday 22 August. “A joint EU position will be decided this autumn” in preparation for the meeting, from 13 to 25 March 2010, of the United Nations Convention on International Trade...