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18th Apr 13

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Tuna in Trouble: Major Problems for the World‘s Tuna Fisheries

22/01/2007

Author: WWF

This briefing provides a background to the January 2007 meeting of the five tuna RFMOs in Kobe, Japan. It highlights the worrying state of the world’s tuna fisheries and outlines three urgent issues faced by RFMOs that WWF says require immediate action — poor conservation and management of tuna stocks, IUU fishing, and bycatch.

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