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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9972

9 September 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/fisheries
Calls from Parliament for Commission to work to have bluefin tuna included on CITES list of endangered species

Brussels, 08/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission, acting on behalf of the EU, is expected to back inclusion of Atlantic bluefin tuna in Annex 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (see EUROPE 9961). With the approach of the College of Commissioners' meeting, European Parliament voices are pressing the Commission to support the adoption of this international decision at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the...

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