Greenpeace: bluefin tuna on Death Row

ICCAT has approved a 2011 bluefin fishing quota of 12,900 tonnes: down from last year’s quota of 13,500 tonnes.

The failure by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas to deliver any meaningful rescue for Atlantic bluefin tuna is a huge setback in the fight to save one of the most overexploited fish species, claims Greenpeace.

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