When the body that manages fisheries across the vast international waters of the South Pacific Ocean met earlier this month, it made key decisions on bottom trawling, labor rights, observation of squid-fishing vessels, and transshipment at sea, a practice that can obscure the origin of illegally caught seafood. The annual conference of the South Pacific […]
Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS A revised tropical tuna measure was agreed on during the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meeting in the Cook Islands, but little pr
A revised tropical tuna measure was agreed on during the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting in Rarotonga, but little progress has been made on tighter monitoring of transshipment that has a reputation for nefarious fishing activity.
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