Our aim is to develop an experimental fishing program that contributes to a better understanding of the state of southern bluefin tuna stocks so that future levels of fishing will ensure the conservation and optimum utilization,
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Parer said Japan had continued to press for a 3, 000 ( metric ) ton increase in its total allowable catch as well as a further 2, 010 ( metric ) tons above its existing quota for an experimental fishing program.
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"Australia had little option but to commence legal proceedings after Japan's decision on June 1 to recommence its harmful experimental fishing for southern bluefin tuna in waters close to Australia, " said Williams in a joint statement with Agriculture Minister Mark Vaile.
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Last month Japan said it would recommence its " experimental fishing program " for the tuna, the same program under which it last year hauled in 1, 400 ( metric ) tons, or 25 percent above its quota, of the highly prized fish.
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Australia has consistently warned that the design of the experimental fishing program is flawed, and we have always said that because of the design problem, it will invariably generate a result that shows there are more fish out there than our scientists believe.
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In Wellington, New Zealand's Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton and Fisheries Minister John Luxton said in a joint statement : " We do not believe there are scientific benefits that would justify the further depletion caused by removals under Japan's experimental fishing program.
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Last week, Japan said it would recommence its " experimental fishing program " for the tuna, the same program under which it last year hauled in 1, 400 ( metric ) tons, or 25 percent above its quota, of the highly prized fish.
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Japan last week announced it would recommence its " experimental fishing program, " or EFP, for the tuna, the same program under which it last year took 1, 400 ( metric ) tons, or 25 percent above its quota, of the highly prized fish.
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Australian Resources Minister Warwick Parer called in Japanese Ambassador Yukio Satoh and condemned Japan's decision : " Japan's decision to go ahead with the experimental fishing program is shortsighted, and will reduce the chance that the southern bluefin tuna stock will recover from its present depleted state ."
