Int'l panel to draft rules to control bluefin tuna catches

Int'l panel to draft rules to control bluefin tuna catches

A senior Japanese Fisheries Agency official, Hisashi Endo, speaks at a news conference in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Sept. 3, 2015, after a four-day meeting of the Northern Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. The international panel agreed to draw up new rules in 2016 aimed at controlling bluefin tuna catches in the northern Pacific as an emergency measure to prevent resources of the fish from being depleted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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