South Pacific's bigeye tuna stock is at dangerously low levels warn scientists
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Waikato Times] by Michael Field - July 31, 2014
A major South Pacific tuna fishery exploited by New Zealand commercial and recreational boats is on the verge of collapse, experts say.
South Pacific stocks of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) are now just 20 per cent of what they would have been if left unfished.
Scientists with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) say that is an unacceptable risk...
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