Monday, 15 March 2010




There has been protest in Japan over a proposed ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, a day after the European Union agreed to back the plan. Wholesalers held a protest at Tokyo's fish market, while a top official said Japan was likely to opt out of the ban. The EU agreed on Wednesday to back the ban during next week's meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites). But Japanese opponents say it would hit...
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