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Tuna Populations Receiving Failing Grade

At this week's 15th Conference of Parties in Qatar, the Convention on the Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) is considering the level of trade protection to grant bluefin tuna, a fish declining in numbers.

Japan is the leading importer of bluefin tuna, importing 32,356 tons of the fish in 2007.

The estimated real catches of Atlantic bluefin tuna in 2007 potentially reached 61,000 tons, well above the legal quota of 29,500 tons set for that year.