The European Commission has backed a ban on the trade in bluefin tuna, an important commercial species, especially for sushi, but also one that is massively overfished.
The EU executive on Wednesday (9 September) agreed to a proposal to be presented to the bloc's member states to co-sponsor alongside non-EU country Monaco a temporary suspension on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
The ban through...
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