France bans bluefin tuna trade for 18 months
From: Business - People's Daily Online
Category: Business
02/04/2010 (1 h 0 m ago)
France agreed to adopt a global ban on bluefin tuna trade but with a suspended period of 18 months, the Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said Wednesday at a news conference.
In a bid to protect the endangered specie, France decided to join the ban, but the fishing committee need time to conduct a scientific study and make a withdrawal plan, so the prohibiting order will come into effect in September 2011, Borloo explained.
However, environmental organization Greenpeace called the governm ...
In a bid to protect the endangered specie, France decided to join the ban, but the fishing committee need time to conduct a scientific study and make a withdrawal plan, so the prohibiting order will come into effect in September 2011, Borloo explained.
However, environmental organization Greenpeace called the governm ...
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