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EU nations fail to agree on bluefin tuna ban

World Sep. 23, 2009 - 06:20AM JST ( 7 )

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sf2kSep. 23, 2009 - 10:24AM JST

Face it, tuna has to die off so that humans can have a focal point for their failures. This looks to be on track. Hopefully with the end of tuna, other species might survive. With the endangered species label, all tuna fishfarms would be uneconomic and would be used to repopulate the species.
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smithinjapanSep. 23, 2009 - 11:06AM JST

sf2k: sadly, even though your right I doubt humans will admit to their failures... they'll just try to grow tuna in test tubes and jack up the prices.
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sf2kSep. 23, 2009 - 02:20PM JST

yeah true enough. not all though, some people are changing. It was a surprise to see Portugal on side.
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YuriOtaniSep. 23, 2009 - 04:38PM JST

stupid, just stupid to put short range goals over the long term. The EU is really just a sick joke in the end.
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dontpanicSep. 23, 2009 - 06:16PM JST

I believe there already is a focal point, the largely successful whale moratorium. Unfortunately people with livlihoods to loose make a lot noise.

With little political will in the Med states sf2k may well be right. Perhaps Japan, as the biggest consumer could step in and limit imports? But like the Mediterranean states governments that would mean locking horns with a strong political lobby.
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usaexpatSep. 24, 2009 - 12:08AM JST

I'm so surprised, not. dontpanic: I'm with you, if Japan would limit imports it would discourage illegal, over the limit fishing.
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sf2kSep. 24, 2009 - 12:29AM JST

I don't have much hope for Japan in this area. If whaling was never stopped and they pit their economic interests against support for more whaling as they have in Australia, I don't see any change for tuna either. Recognition is the first step and that's not happening. This will mean collapse not mitigation. Japan's policy of let's do it anyway will not win anyone political favours.