Bluefin tuna trade ban voted down in Doha confab

Bluefin tuna trade ban voted down in Doha confab

DOHA, Qatar - Masanori Miyahara (R), a senior official of Japan's Fisheries Agency, and Patrick Van Klaveren, Monaco representative, attend a press conference in Doha, Qatar, on March 18, 2010, after a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. The delegates at the conference voted down a proposal to ban international trade in bluefin tuna from the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

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