UN rejects export ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 14:35 in Earth & Climate

(AP) -- A U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected Thursday by a U.N. wildlife meeting, with scores of developing nations joining Japan in opposing a measure they feared would devastate fishing economies.

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