DOHA, Qatar, March 18 (UPI) — A United Nations wildlife group meeting in Qatar voted Thursday against banning Atlantic bluefin tuna exports. The Economist reported online the vote in Doha by member nations of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora was 68-20 against invoking the ban, with 30 abstentions. A witness told The Economist the vote came after Libya’s representative contended the proposed bluefin ban was based on poor science and was “part of a conspiracy of developed countries.” It is unlikely the issue will be revisited before the meeting ends March 25, meaning it will be another three years before CITES members will take it up again, The Economist said
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U.N. Group Votes Down Tuna Export Ban