Overfishing: Oceans Are Dying
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| UN rejects export ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna |
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| Thursday, 18 March 2010 17:15 | |||
But as debate opened, it became clear that the proposal had little support.... 
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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. 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.
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