Fiji's tuna scientists say Western and Central stock data is lacking, needs international help
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS April 22, 2014
At a annual meeting hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, about 20 stock assessment scientists from the Asia-Pacific region discussed concerns over the lack of scientific assessment of tunas in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO).
SPC Oceanic Fisheries Program head of Stock Assessment and Modelling Dr Shelton Harley remarked that the lack of assessment data was "frustrating".
"The data have been collected and are just sitting on computers in countries and not contributing to the efforts to determine the health and safe harvest levels for the largest tuna resource in the world," Dr Harley said in an SPC statement.
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