Japan To Cut Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Catch By 23%
February 3, 2007 @ 10:18 AM (EST)
Source: Guardian.co.uk
Japan today agreed to cut its catch of Atlantic bluefin tuna by almost a quarter over the next four years in the latest attempt to save the fish from commercial extinction.
Environmental groups say that Japan's huge appetite for the raw delicacy is largely to blame for taking numbers to dangerous levels, and warn that growing demand from other countries will increase the threat to tuna stocks around the world...
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