date:May 26, 2014
As the bluefin tuna season gets under way next week in the Mediterranean and the Eastern Atlantic, the European Commission is reminding the industry of its efforts to control the fishery and protect the stocks.
The season is short from 26 May to 24 June part of a long-term plan to help the stocks recover and prevent overfishing.
The EU has been working relentlessly to protect Bluefin tuna: we have reduced our fishing fleet, we have tightened controls and we have played a consistently active