Widespread Satisfaction Noted with Outcomes at Western Central Pacific Tuna Meeting Last Week
Environmental groups gave mostly positive marks to the recent actions of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission which concluded their annual meeting last week in Hawaii.
The issue of bigeye tuna overfishing was highlighted before the meeting, with the US pushing for a quota increase. That measure was withdrawn when others would not agree to it.
Instead, the WCPFC kept existing harvest measures in place for bigeye, while the stock continues to improve. They also agreed to extend the current...
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