Say goodbye to the bluefin tuna. Commercial fishing fleets never know when to stop though soon enough, there won't be anything left. At that point they will demand government support since there are no more fish to catch.
Officials from EU member states met yesterday to consider a recommendation by the European Commission to support a ban on trade in the species. Britain had backed an official proposal by Monaco to champion efforts to place bluefin tuna on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
The proposal had been expected to be adopted until Mediterranean members – notably France, Spain, Italy, Malta, Greece, and Cyprus – joined forces to block it despite both France and Malta having earlier pledged to support it.
