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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9973

10 September 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
Commission gives provisional support to ban on bluefin tuna trade

Brussels, 09/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - It was not without difficulty, on Wednesday 9 September, that the European Commission reached agreement on the joint EU position on the trade in bluefin tuna, stocks of which are dwindling, largely because of overfishing and illegal catches (see EUROPE 9972). The Commission is supporting a provisional global ban on the trade in bluefin tuna, a move which effectively suspends the fishery for this species. If, however, the countries throughout the world...

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