The EU That Can Say No to Japan

 Japan Today:

The secretariat says bluefin tuna stock has declined more than 80 percent since data began to be taken 40 years ago.

The European Union also proposed the ban last year. But the proposal was rejected in September due to initial opposition from France and Italy.

The ban would only affect trade in bluefin tuna from the East Atlantic and Mediterranean. Its quota, set by the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, is 13,500 tons for this year, down from 20,000 tons for 2009. 

Japan asks EU to rethink proposed bluefin tuna trade ban