Bluefin tuna stock ravaged by overfishing by EU, Libya: WWF

TOKYO, Japan - Bluefin tuna are hauled from a fish farm in Turkey in an undated photo released by WWF. WWF said in a report that bluefin tuna stocks in the Mediterranean and the East Atlantic are being threatened by ''illegal and unscrupulous'' fishing by the European Union, Libya and other nations that exceed annual fishing quotas by at least by 40 percent. (Kyodo)

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