The decision was made under an agreement reached by the Subcommittee of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, which met Thursday in Nakasaki, southern Japan.
The restrictions are expected to be put into effect next yearafter these are adopted formally during the Commissions next meeting in December, Japan Today reports.
South Korean waters will be excluded from those restrictionsdue to the fact thatthe country is against the initiative.
Meanwhile, the European Commission (EC) announced its support for the provisional prohibition of the bluefin tuna trade of the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, a measure expected to improve stock numbers.
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