date:Jul 16, 2014
The Marine Management Organization (MMO) has clarified its role and the regulations around the catching of Bluefin Tuna following media coverage about catching such fish off the Cornwall coast in England.
The MMO said it has not seized the fish caught this weekend. It has been donated to the University of Exeter for research purposes.
The MMO strongly discourages any catching of the species. Where unavoidable catches (such as by-catch) are taken the tuna should be released alive and unharmed