Int'l panel agrees on flexible bluefin tuna catch limit

Int'l panel agrees on flexible bluefin tuna catch limit

File photo taken in May 2016 shows bluefin tuna being unloaded from a fishing boat at a port in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. An international fisheries panel agreed to adjust catch restrictions on bluefin tuna in the northern Pacific based on surveys, Japan's Fisheries Agency said Sept. 1, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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