Japan preparing to propose 50% cut in young tuna catch in Western and Central Pacific
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Asia One] - August 26, 2014 -
Tokyo, Japan,the world's biggest consumer of tuna, has been reluctant to reduce catches, despite mounting scientific evidence that stocks are near collapse.
But in what it called "an epochal move towards more thorough regulation", Japan plans to propose during an upcoming regional fisheries conference that the amount of young fish that can be caught is slashed to half the 2002-2004 average.
Japan said it would propose members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) adopt a 10-year recovery plan for Pacific bluefin tuna, beginning in 2015.
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