Japan’s Fisheries Agency has given 14 prefectures an additional quota of 122.2 tons for small Pacific bluefin tuna catches in total, though the country’s overall catches this season exceeded the limit set under an international accord.
Japan’s Fisheries Agency has given 14 prefectures an additional quota of 122.2 tons for small Pacific bluefin tuna catches in total, though the country’s overall catches this season exceeded the limit set under an international accord.
Japan’s overall catches of small Pacific bluefin tuna, defined as those weighing less than 30 kilograms, late last month topped the ceiling of 4,007 tons set for this season ending in June.
