date:May 08, 2014
e to catch the same actual amount as in recent years.
The United States had pushed for a 25 percent cut, but the WCPFC adopted Japan's proposal for a 15 percent reduction. A Japanese Fisheries Agency official conceded that future discussions will likely call for stricter regulations, but even a 25 percent reduction would be inadequate, according to a scientific study.
On 18 April the Pacific Bluefin Tuna Working Group of the International Scientific Committee (ISC) for Tuna and Tuna-like Speci