MEDITERRANEAN EU MEMBER STATES BLOCK TUNA BAN
September 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEDITERRANEAN countries yesterday blocked a European Commission initiative to temporarily ban the global trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, despite warnings that this key sushi ingredient source is being overfished. France, Spain, Italy, Malta, Greece, and Cyprus opposed backing a proposal from non-member state Monaco to ask next March's meeting of parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to ban the trade. EU environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas (himself a Greek) said he "regretted the decision", ...
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