Papeete, French Polynesia, 11 December 2009: Greenpeace today
slammed the refusal of Asian distant water fishing nations Korea,
China, Taiwan and Japan to agree effective new measures to urgently
halt the decline of tuna stocks at the Western and Central Pacific
Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
Despite strong calls from Pacific Island Countries to limit fishing
and widespread support to close two high seas enclaves to purse
seine fishing(1), Japan, Korea and Taiwan blocked any agreement.Click here to read more