France joins Monaco in call for international trade ban for endangered bluefin tuna

Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 12:07 in Biology & Nature

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France today announced his country's support for a ban of international trade in endangered Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna, joining a growing call to list the overexploited fish under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) - before it disappears forever from the sea and our plates...

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