Taiwan-Japan Pact: Bad News for Bluefin
Conservationists and fishery experts are deeply worried that an early April pact in which Japan granted Taiwan generous fishing rights in the waters surrounding the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands could spell the extinction of the phenomenally valuable bluefin tuna in the region.
The islands are administered by Japan but are subject to competing claims by Japan, …
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