The Philippines Now Has Access to a Tuna Paradise
The 25 member-states of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission have lifted a two-year ban on some of the world's prime tuna-mating waters.
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Researchers say that giant bluefin tuna captured off the coast of the U.S. last fall contained trace amounts of cesium-134, a radioactive element released into the ocean by the quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.
The 25 member-states of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission have lifted a two-year ban on some of the world's prime tuna-mating waters.
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