The future of the bluefin tuna could be decided within days, along with two other endangered fish, the spiny dogfish and porbeagle, according to a national conservation charity.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said the northern Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, considered to be one of the most majestic species living in European waters, has been fished for centuries, and the effects have taken their toll.
Northern bluefin, which can reach more than 3m in length, is now classed as endangered in the Eastern Atlantic by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the same rating as orang-utans and tigers.
Members of the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (Cites) will meet on Saturday, to discuss which species should be added to their appendices.
The MCS, along with several EU countries, including the UK, is backing a proposal from Monaco to add the bluefin ...