Event calendar

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17 Jan 2009 - 10:00 - 24 Jan 2009 - 10:00
Grand Cayman
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7 Feb 2009 - 10:00 - 7 Feb 2009 - 19:00
Plymouth, United Kingdom
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13 Feb 2009 - 11:00 - 15 Feb 2009 - 23:00
Lisbon - Parque das Nações
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18 Feb 2009 - 22:00 - 21 Feb 2009 - 22:00
Moscow
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20 Feb 2009 - 08:00 - 22 Feb 2009 - 16:00
Rosemont, IL - USA (Chicago)
25 Feb 2009 - 00:00 - 20 Mar 2009 - 00:00
Antarctica
21 Mar 2009 - 00:00 - 29 Mar 2009 - 00:00
Islas Revillagigedos - also known as Socorro Island(s)
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22 Mar 2009 - 03:00 - 23 Mar 2009 - 03:00
Sydney, Australia
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22 Mar 2009 - 10:00 - 29 Mar 2009 - 20:00
İstanbul, Turkey
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3 Apr 2009 - 02:00 - 5 Apr 2009 - 09:00
3-1 Higashi Ikebukuro, Toshima- ku, Tokyo JAPAN
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25 Apr 2009 - 00:15 - 25 Apr 2009 - 07:00
San Diego, California - USA
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31 Oct 2009 - 10:00 - 9 Nov 2009 - 18:00
Lembeh Straits, Indonesia
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EU condemned over tuna quotas

Countries involved in the Mediterranean bluefin tuna trade have voted to maintain a catch level that is nearly 50% above what scientists recommend as "safe".
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Bluefin tuna
Source:    BBC News  |  BBC News
   |   11-25-2008
Environment groups labelled the move, by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat), as a "mockery of science".

They put most blame on the EU which, they said, used trade issues to bully smaller nations into giving support.

Earlier this year Spain and Japan had called for a suspension of the fishery.

Iccat's scientists had said next year's total allowable catch should not exceed 15,000 tonnes; but on the final day of its annual meeting, Iccat members set a figure of 22,000 tonnes.

They also rejected the scientists' call for a closure of the fishery in the spawning months of May and June.

The scientists had warned the commission that "a collapse in the near future is a possibility" given the high number of boats engaged in the lucrative trade.

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