Retailers should reject claims about IUU fish entering US based on wild assumptions
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS - April 8, 2014
A new study published in Marine Policy makes wild charges that 20% to 32% of wild caught seafood entering this US comes from IUU or 'pirate' fishing.
The authors use an elaborate statistical ruse to get to the conclusion that they want, which is that the US seafood supply is heavily tainted by illegally harvested fish.
Oceana naturally celebrated the study, with spokesperson Beckie Zisser saying “This study unfortunately confirms what we have long suspected – that seafood from pirate fishing is getting into our markets. Illegal fishing undercuts honest fishermen and seafood businesses that play by the rules, and the U.S. should not be incentivizing pirate fishers by creating a legal market for their products."
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