US wants freeze on tuna fishing (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

By Anna-Marie Lever
Science and nature reporter, BBC News

The US is calling for a ban on the fishing of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.

A three-to-five-years ban is being proposed to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat).

The call comes amid deep concerns that the stock may collapse if the level of overfishing continues.

The European Commission recently closed its bluefin tuna fishery for this year after quota limits had been exceeded.

Bill Hogarth, the US delegate and Iccat chairman, said: "We need a determined international effort to save this truly magnificent fish".
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7097311.stm

[jpak]

1. Way overdue - hope they actually do this...

n/t

[DCKit]

2. Why not a ban on fishing in U.S. waters???? Why are we always telling other countries what to do? nt

[depakid]

3. Last I heard, fish don't pay attention to artificial boundaries

and in some cases, neither do fishermen.