date:May 27, 2014
Fishing boats set out Monday in good weather to haul in bluefin tuna here on the first day of a shortened Mediterranean bluefin fishing season.
The Maltese longliners join fishing trawlers from seven other EU member states who together will share out a quota of almost 8,000 tons of the prized but endangered food fish, in the world's premier bluefin fishing grounds.
A delicacy in Japanese sushi and sashimi (maguro), bluefin tuna fetches hundreds of euros per kilo in Tokyo--the world's top marke