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Eaten away 捕尽吃绝Bluefin tuna 蓝鳍金枪鱼ban on the trade in bluefin tuna is rejected一项针对买卖蓝鳍金枪鱼的禁令没能获得通过IT WAS a moment of some drama when delegates assembled in Doha came to vote on a ban in the trade in bluefin tuna on March 18th. The previous evening many representatives of the 175 member nations of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) had been at a reception at the Japanese embassy. Prominent on the menu was bluefin tuna sushi. On the agenda the next day at the CITES meeting was a proposal to list the bluefin tuna as sufficiently endangered that it would qualify for a complete ban in the trade of the species (The Economist supports such a ban).3月18日，代表们齐聚多哈投票表决是否通过一项针对买卖蓝鳍金枪鱼的禁令，这是颇有戏剧性的一刻。头一天晚上，濒危野生动植物物种国际贸易公约（CITES）175个缔约国的许多代表在日本大使馆参加了一个招待会。菜单上，蓝鳍金枪鱼寿司赫然在列。而CITES大会次日的议程中却包含了一项提案，该提案建议，鉴于蓝鳍金枪鱼已经足够濒危，应该完全禁止该物种的买卖（本刊支持这样一项禁令）。The complex proposal called for further discussion of the bluefin tuna’s plight. Europe, the United States, Monaco and Norway were hoping to move to an adjournment, which would have allowed a proper investigation of the issues over the weekend. Kevern Cochrane, the representative from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), agreed. He also acknowledged that the official FAO panel had decided that the species met the scientific criteria for listing as a sufficiently endangered species qualifying for a trade ban--the bluefin tuna population has dropped below 15% of its maximum historical level. 这项复杂的提案呼吁进一步讨论蓝鳍金枪鱼面临的困境。欧洲、美国、摩纳哥和挪威都希望大会休会，从而能够利用周末对上述问题作出妥善的调研。来自联合国粮农组织的代表Kevern Cochrane表示同意。他还承认粮农组织官方的专门调查小组已经认定，鉴于其种群数量已经降至历史最高水平的15%以下，蓝鳍金枪鱼达到了被列入禁止买卖的濒危物种名录的科学标准。At this stage, eyewitnesses report that the Libyan delegation made an unusual intervention. According to David Allison of OCEANA, a marine charity, the Libyan delegate started “screaming and calling everyone liars…He said the science was no good and that it was part of a conspiracy of developed countries. It was theatre. Then