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MANAGING THE BLUEFIN TUNA CATCH

Hold off on international trade ban

(Gavin Newman/AFP/Getty Images)
March 8, 2010

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I AM a 25-year bluefin tuna fisherman, and I am confident that an international trade ban will be bad for the fish and US fishermen. We have abided by designated quotas for decades while European countries have regularly flouted theirs by several hundred percent. These same countries will likely excuse themselves from the ban, continue overfishing, and benefit from higher ... (Full article: 431 words)

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