Bluefin tuna quota to be cut

Bluefin tuna quota to be cut

PARIS, France - Photo shows tuna auctioned at Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market on Nov. 26, 2010. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas decided Nov. 27, 2010, to slightly reduce the bluefin tuna fishing quota for 2011 by 4.4 percent from a year earlier to 12,900 tons.

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