New York Times (March 5)
2010/ 03/ 05 by jd in Global News
Bluefin tuna declined by 60% between 1997 and 2007 in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic. The Obama administration is supporting a ban to protect bluefin. The measure will be up for vote this month in Doha at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Passage requires a 2/3 majority vote of the 175 CITES members. The New York Times supports the ban, acknowledges “the fishing industry will inevitably suffer,” and points out suffering from a temporary ban is “far better than waking up one day and discovering that there are no tuna left to fish.”
