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Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:07 am Post subject: Bluefin tuna tops CITES conference agenda in Doha
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100313/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_un_saving_species"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100311/capt.3aee6b7a3887435180c1fc66807725cb.japan_un_saving_species_tok102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ohB80SldK98nU8bGf7wMyg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Jan. 12, 2010 photo, a man drags a frozen tuna which he purchased in the morning auction at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan. A U.N. body best known for protecting tigers and elephants will focus on the world's overfished oceans beginning this week with proposals to regulate the shark trade and ban the export of a tuna species prized by sushi lovers. Japan, which consumes 80 percent of Atlantic bluefin, has said it will ignore the ban. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Atlantic bluefin tuna and other marine life in the world's overfished oceans will be the focus of a two week United Nations conference that opened Saturday in the Gulf state of Qatar.</p><br clear="all"/>
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