| UPDATED: 10:38, Fri, Mar 12, 2021 Link copied Brexit: Johnson discusses ban on ‘hoover’ EU fishing trawlers Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Brussels was slammed for harking back to the days of empire after it proposed insufficient measures to tackle overfishing of yellowfin tuna, while being the largest fisher of the "near threatened" species. Smaller than its Atlantic and Pacific bluefin cousins, the yellowfin is considered one of the ocean's fastest and strongest predators. The species is massively overfished in the Indian Ocean, to the extent that supermarket brands Tesco, Co-op and Princes made the unprecedented move of joining scientists and environmental groups to call for tough action to rebuild the population, which was in 2018 valued at more than $4billion (£2.8bn).