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...best deal possible, in part because it won the backing of Arab countries on the Mediterranean, who perceive ICCAT as controlled by the world's major fishing powers - the U.S., Canada, Japan and Europe. "You need to have all of those involved to feel ownership over this," says Pierre Amilhat, head of the European Commission's Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, who led Europe's negotiators in Marrakech. "The situation is serious. No one denies that," Amilhat says. "But we think the measures we're putting in place will deal with that...
...Spain's negotiator in Marrakech, fisheries official Fernando Curcio, said on Tuesday that "it was important to us to protect the interests of our small fishing fleets." Yet Europe's fisheries official Amilhat says that, inevitably, many fishermen will lose their jobs as fleets shrink in response to reduced catch quotas. And if the environmentalists' boycott campaign further cuts bluefin consumption, the species may yet have a fighting chance...
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