Tuesday March 16, 2010
The bluefin tuna gets a bigtime backer: the U.S. government
Tom Laskawy
Grist
The Atlantic bluefin may be down, but it's not out. After delaying a decision, the Obama administration came out recently in support of a proposal to declare the bluefin an endangered species and to ban international trade in the threatened fish
(via The Washington Post):
"The U.S. government announced that it supports prohibiting international trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna, a move that could lead to the most sweeping trade restrictions ever imposed on the highly prized fish...."
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