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The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) will have its annual meeting from 7 to 15 December. In an interview with SeafoodSource, Glen Holmes, an officer with The Pew Charitable Trusts’ international fisheries project who leads the organization’s engagement with three of the world’s five regional fisheries management organizations overseeing tuna fishing, including the WCPFC, called for the regional fisheries management organization to adopt more significant observer requirements, electronic monitoring, and stricter limits on bycatch.
SeafoodSource: Due to COVID-19, observers have been removed from vessels. Going forward, you’re looking to not only restore previous levels of observer coverage, but to increase the amount of live coverage undertaken in the area the WCPFC regulates?