It's clear, per the trend line at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference, that a complete ban on bluefin tuna trade for the nonce is likely to be adopted. And, international fishing scofflaw Japan has already said it won't honor the treaty.
So, to invoke a stereotype? Sushi-loving enviros (I am the latter but not the former) need to boycott, at a minimum, ANY sushi food imported from Japan. At a maximum, they need to boycott other Japanese products.
Also, despite Japanese howls, it's their citizens' voraciousness which have necessitated the trade ban in the first place. (Japan eats 80 percent of bluefin consumption worldwide.) So much for Japanese environmentalism. How would you like it if somebody started whacking down Japanese cherry trees?
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