Pacific tuna companies fear IUU and excessive fishing will damage healthy PNA stocks akin to bigeye
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Radio New Zealand] by Philippa Tolley - September 15, 2014
The Pacific is world's largest tuna fishery. 2.6 million tonnes of the fish are caught every year and the industry is valued at nearly $7 billion.
In the water's around Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Kiribati, skipjack tuna are hauled from onto vessels using nets called 'purse seines' by the canning industry.
Research indicates that the population of this fish is relatively healthy...
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