FISH CHECKS

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU fishing businesses handling big-eye tuna and swordfish will have to declare their imports, exports and re-exports of the species, in the same way that an existing law forces them to release similar statistics about bluefin tuna. The aim is to boost conservation.



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