Row Over Health of Indian Ocean Tuna
When the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s scientific committee presented its latest findings in early December at an upscale hotel and conference centre complex in Cape Town, South Africa, many scientists were stunned.
The committee, led by Toshihide Kitakado and Gorka Merino, announced that stocks of yellowfin tuna, one of the world’s most prized varieties whose market is worth billions of dollars a year, was no longer considered overfished or subject to overfishing. Its status was changed from red to green, with an 89 per cent probability that stocks had recovered...
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