Japan buys around 25% of the global tuna catch; the shortage has pushed up prices of bluefin (the best sort for sushi) by around 30% in two years.

日本购买了全球25%的吞拿鱼捕捞配额，供应量减少将使蓝鳍吞拿鱼（做寿司的最佳原料之一）的价格在2年的时间里攀升30%左右。

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Bluefin tuna is a high-priced food ingredient in Japan, and an integral part of the Japanese .

黑鲔鱼在日本属于高价位食材，是日本人的料理文化中不可或缺的一部分。

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There are many types of tuna, and bluefin tuna is considered to be the highest grade of all.

鲔鱼的种类繁多，黑鲔鱼则为其中最高级的一种。

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Still,EU Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki said the meeting took "a step in the right direction for sustainable management" of bluefin tuna.

VOA: special.2010.12.14

Conservation groups criticized the move, saying the cut is not big enough to support the recovery of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean.

VOA: special.2010.12.14

"There were bluefin tuna in the good old days in Brazil but those stocks were fished out and they are gone."

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

The bluefin tuna is as endangered as the giant panda and the white rhino.

ECONOMIST: Efforts to ban the international trade in bluefin tuna

Asia's sushi fad bodes ill for the bluefin tuna even on the far side of the world.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

The outlook for the bluefin tuna is not good.

ECONOMIST: A ban on the trade in bluefin tuna is rejected