Green | March 18, 2010 | 3 comments

Kiss Bluefin Tuna Bye-Bye: UN Wildlife Group Rejects Ban on Bluefin

Image
captainplanet71
A U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected Thursday by a U.N. wildlife meeting, with scores of developing nations joining Japan in opposing a measure they feared would devastate fishing economies.

Monaco introduced the proposal at the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES. It argued that extreme measures for the iconic, migratory fish were necessary because the stocks have fallen by 75 percent due to widespread overfishing.

From AP article, UN rejects export ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gL8azCNT5NIGydeK4OxvFzHTGGEAD9...



Sign a petition to save our seas and bluefin tuna!
http://members.greenpeace.org/action/start.php?action_id=165&s_src=current


Check out the Life After Bluefin blog:
http://members.greenpeace.org/blog/greenpeaceusa_blog/2009/11/18/title_1179&s_src=current
  1. groups:
    Green
  2. tags:
    China,  Activism,  Japan,  United Nations,  8 more
  3.     
    |

3 comments // Kiss Bluefin Tuna Bye-Bye: UN Wildlife Group Rejects Ban on Bluefin

  • artemis6
  • jefftego
    • 0
      jefftego  

    • Short term economic interests win over long term ocean health. No protection for tuna, sharks or polar bears at the CITES meeting. WTF.

      Apparently Japan was campaigning hard against the bluefin tuna ban the last few days with the same culture card they use for killing whales and dolphins. This time, the ban was an attack on their culture of eating fish.

    • 1 year ago
  • glueandglitter
more from Green:
from the community

top videos