The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, in short form CITES is having its 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP15) in Doha, Qatar, from March 13 to March 25, 2010 and dominating the agenda it seems is the Bluefin Tuna at least as far as the March 12 news cycle is concerned.
Calls for a ban on serving Bluefin Tuna in restaurants were making the rounds a few months back as I reported in No To Nobu, Save the Bluefin Tuna Celebs Like
Sting say (June 5, 2009)
Europe is talking about banning the Bluefin catch altogether until stocks are replenished.
Some in the Japanese fish trade are up in arms.
Scientists on both sides of the Atlantic and in the Pacific too have been using electronic tagging on some bluefins to get a better sense of what their habits and travel patterns are.
Will Bluefin depletion make you change your fish eating habits?