Tuna groups tackle overfishing

(From BBC News, 26th Jan 2007): The first international plan to try to stop the overfishing of tuna has been adopted by regulators meeting in Japan.

The plan called for better monitoring and co-ordination across regions, as well as action against illegal fishing.

Delegates from the world's five tuna bodies called the plan a first step towards arresting a decline in stocks.

But conservationists said the measures were not enough, blaming illegal and unregulated fishing and unsustainable quotas for tuna's dramatic decline.