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Taking Tuna Out of the Can: Retailers Roles in Rescuing the Worlds Favourite Fish
10/03/2008
Global tuna stocks are in trouble. For example, since industrial scale fishing of southern bluefin tuna began in the 1950s, the biomass of reproducing ...
Taking Tuna out of the Can: Rescue Plan for the World‘s Favourite Fish
19/12/2007
In this report, Greenpeace proposes its own solution to the global tuna stocks crisis: a network of marine reserves protecting 40% of the world’s ...
Enmeshed: Australia and Southeast Asia‘s Fisheries
11/12/2007
Southeast Asia‘s oceans are fast running out of fish, putting the livelihoods of up to 100 million people at risk, leading to more illegal incurs ...
Trading Tails: Linkages Between Russian Salmon Fisheries and East Asian Markets
13/11/2007
This report claims that East Asian countries are importing between 50 and 90% more Russian Sockeye salmon than Russia is reporting as caught. Possible ...
Pirate Booty: How ICCAT is Failing to Curb IUU Fishing
09/11/2007
This report exposes what the authors perceive as the weakness of current regulations governing tuna fisheries and the widespread occurrence of IUU fis ...
The Plunder of BlueFin Tuna in the Mediterranean & East Atlantic During 2006-2007
31/10/2007
This report follows on from a similar one covering the period 2003-04. The author ex ...
Behind the Faade: A Decade of Inaction on Non-Target Species in Southern Bluefin Tuna Fisheries
11/10/2007
This report exposes what the authors describe as ‘ten years of inaction‘ by the members of the Commission for the Conservation of Southern B ...
Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices (including Combating IUU Fishing) in the Region
04/05/2007
The Fisheries Ministers of 10 countries - Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, T ...
The Mismanagement of the Bluefin Tuna Fishery in the Mediterranean
15/11/2006
It is Greenpeace‘s view that the the lack of controls in the Mediterranean region means that bluefin tuna are facing very serious conservation pr ...
APFIC Regional Consultative workshop on Capacity Reduction and IUU Fishing
13/06/2007
Click here for the papers and other information from the workshop held on 13-15 June 200
Asia Pacific Fisheries Commission (APFIC)
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Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDC)
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is an intergovernmental organisation established in 1967 for the purpose of promoting sustainable fisheries development in the region. Its current Member Countries are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. SEAFDEC undertakes research on appropriate fishery technologies, trains fisheries technicians, and disseminates fisheries information. Please click here to notify us if this link is broken
12/07/2012
EU and Japan Cooperate on Fight Against Illegal Fishing
01/06/2012
As Regulators Meet, Fishing Boats Thumb Their Noses
15/03/2011
Illegal fishing operatives ordered to pay USD 3.1 mln
14/03/2011
Illegal Fishers Ordered to Pay $4.2 Million
25/02/2011
Japan seizes SKorean boat, arrest captain for alleged illegal fishing in Japanese waters
20/12/2010
China Should Prevent Violence by Ceasing Illegal Fishing Activities: Sengoku
14/09/2010
Japanese government donates to fight illegal fishing near Isla del Coco
13/09/2010
China Tells Japan to Take `Wise' Decision, Free Fishermen, Boat
22/06/2010
Whaling Commission meeting opens in a swirl of corruption claims
13/06/2010
Revealed: Japan’s bribes on whaling
13/06/2010
Japan accused of offering bribes in whale wars
31/05/2010
Australia launches legal action over Japan whaling
10/05/2010
Australia 'seriously' considering whaling challenge
21/04/2010
Brazil seizes one ton of shark fins headed for Japan
15/04/2010
DNA test finds whale meat illegally served in restaurants was from Japan hunt
15/04/2010
Whale hunting deal could limit Japan's catch
28/03/2010
The U.N.'s Ocean Death Panel
23/03/2010
Sharks lose fight at UN meeting
18/03/2010
Bluefin tuna ban proposal meets rejection
17/03/2010
Shark conservation proposal defeated at UN meeting
14/03/2010
Order toro (and tuna salad) while you can: Why a global conference beginning this weekend is looking to ban commercial tuna fishing
14/03/2010
Ban on bluefin tuna would 'threaten Japanese culture'
11/03/2010
UN wildlife watchdog considers ban on bluefin tuna
08/03/2010
Oscar winners try to keep whale off sushi plates
06/03/2010
Australian police search anti-whaling ships
05/03/2010
Japan says won't comply with bluefin tuna ban
05/03/2010
Japan defiant as EC, US throw weight behind bluefin tuna ban
22/02/2010
Australia sets Japan Nov deadline to halt whaling
22/02/2010
Japan opposes tuna trade ban
17/02/2010
Foreign policy: saving the sushi menu
09/02/2010
Watson to whalers: We will never surrender
06/02/2010
Violence escalates in Southern Ocean whaling battle
16/01/2010
Sushi shortfall? Japan fights proposed bluefin tuna export ban, sees threat to iconic food
16/01/2010
Tz to earn $200m from Tuna exports
12/01/2010
Magufuli lands Sh200bn deepen fishing contract
11/01/2010
Australia presses Japan on whaling safety
10/01/2010
Paul Watson: Sea Shepherd's stern 'warrior' defies Japanese whalers
08/01/2010
Sea Shepherd resumes pursuit of illegal whalers
06/01/2010
Hong Kong diners urged to boycott rare $175,000 tuna
27/12/2009
Taiwan, France to regulate fishing boats
16/12/2009
Bigeye tuna faces extinction as protection calls fail
16/12/2009
Australia 'seriously' considering whaling challenge
11/12/2009
Threat to Pacific tuna greater than ever: Key negotiations fail in Tahiti
07/12/2009
Tahiti fisheries commission meeting considers Pacific tuna and protection for international waters
01/12/2009
Illegal fishing of Guam's tuna gets more difficult
30/11/2009
Fish fight crucial to survival of islanders
28/11/2009
Taiwan, Japan agree to on-board inspections of fishing boats
17/11/2009
Atlantic bluefin tuna quota cut, conservationists urge trade ban
14/11/2009
EU set to ignore advice to ban bluefin fishing, says Greenpeace
28/10/2009
Report to call for closure of Pacific fishing pockets
24/10/2009
Illicit ‘looting’ of Mediterranean bluefin tuna is worth £2.7bn
12/10/2009
Japanese boat fishing illegally in Cook Islands: Greenpeace
11/10/2009
Greenpeace calls for arrest of illegal fishing boat
30/09/2009
The battle over bluefin
26/09/2009
Taiwan skipper accuses Japan of ramming boat
19/09/2009
Call for ban on illegal fishing device
15/09/2009
Coast guard sent to disputed waters
15/09/2009
Taiwan demands Japan return skipper: official
14/09/2009
Stop voracious Japan and Korea
14/09/2009
Greenpeace confiscates Korean tuna fishing gear
09/09/2009
Commission recommends provisional EU support for Monaco's proposal to list Atlantic bluefin tuna in CITES Convention
08/09/2009
Russia, Japan discuss anti-poaching, anti-contraband steps
05/09/2009
Political infighting threatens survival of the bluefin tuna
25/08/2009
Greenpeace: Tuna could be fished to extinction by 2048
23/08/2009
International ships arrive at Port Angeles Harbor
15/08/2009
Troubling trends in the fish stalls
28/04/2009
No tuna, no salmon. No oysters, no skate. No cod and chips
28/04/2009
European tuna exports to Japan boom as fears grow for fish's survival
14/04/2009
Overfishing to wipe out bluefin tuna: WWF
29/03/2009
Tuna-vessel quotas likely for Indian Ocean to stop overfishing
03/03/2009
Overfishing imperils ocean life, study says
07/02/2009
Russia frees Japanese seamen detained for poaching
06/02/2009
Sea Shepherd battles Japanese whalers in the Ross Sea
29/01/2009
Illegal salmon pays the bills in Kamchatka
15/01/2009
KIARA warns of national fish crisis
12/01/2009
Chinese crew await their trial
06/01/2009
The two piracies in Somalia: why the world ignores the other
27/12/2008
Philippines fishing group complains of 'poaching' of tuna
21/12/2008
EC approves 11 million euros for fisheries, as Borg plays down fishy allegations
19/12/2008
Suspend fishing to save bluefin tuna
28/11/2008
ICCAT tuna quota reductions not enough: environmentalists
26/11/2008
'Euro bullying over fishing quotas means end for Atlantic bluefin tuna'
24/11/2008
Fishing fleets are pirates, too
03/11/2008
Rising Asian shark fin demand hits stocks: report
14/10/2008
Closure call for tuna 'disgrace'
13/10/2008
Spain, Japan back bluefin tuna ban
08/10/2008
'Pirates' left off the hook: Greenpeace
01/10/2008
Joe Borg welcomes continued progress in NAFO to protect the marine environment
26/09/2008
Coast Guard seizes Chinese vessel near Japan for illegal driftnet fishing
17/09/2008
Chinese, Canadian, U.S., high-seas law enforcement operations continue with seizure of Chinese fishing vessel suspected of illegal drift net fishing
16/09/2008
Police catch, detain boats - Japanese fishing vessels held here
08/09/2008
Fight on against by-catch as ocean life dwindles
08/09/2008
Small-scale fisheries are "best hope" for sustainability in developing world
02/09/2008
DA bans fishing, trading of small tuna
29/08/2008
Raids reveal black market in abalone
29/08/2008
Poached perlemoen costs SA R1,2bn
27/08/2008
Big fish in a small pond
24/08/2008
Fishy is as fishy does
14/08/2008
High fuel costs to 'kill off' Japanese whaling
09/08/2008
Mia: Get tough on foreign fishers
08/08/2008
Globalization is destroying the world's oceans
03/08/2008
Cagey business: Maltas tuna export figures don't add up
01/08/2008
Japan tuna fishermen halt operations to boost stock, Kyodo says
27/07/2008
Spanish warship joins battle to protect Europe's tuna stocks
27/07/2008
Japanese sushi rage threatens iconic Mediterranean tuna
29/06/2008
Africa fish fall blamed on Japan
24/06/2008
Africa fish fall blamed on Japan
23/06/2008
Santiago talkfest should focus on the right whale
19/06/2008
Russians detain two boats for illegal fishing activities
16/06/2008
EU to ban Med bluefin tuna fishing from next week
16/06/2008
Pacific nations ban tuna boats to stop stock collapse
15/06/2008
Battle for the oceans
06/06/2008
Sea horse, snake, turtle to defend marine reserves
02/06/2008
FAO: Half of world fish trade sourced from developing countries
02/06/2008
Greenpeace targets Korean DongWon tuna catcher
30/05/2008
Tuna fishing ban for South Pacific zones
28/05/2008
Greenpeace protests against Spanish tuna ship
27/05/2008
No time to procrastinate
27/05/2008
Australia links organised crime to illegal fishing
21/05/2008
India, Indonesia and China present new proposal on fisheries subsidies
20/05/2008
Investigation ordered into Greenpeace claims of stolen Japanese whale meat
19/05/2008
'Scientific' whale meat scandal exposed, Greenpeace claims
11/05/2008
How the world's oceans are running out of fish
09/05/2008
Greenpeace exposes "tuna pirate" on the high seas
08/05/2008
Now the Kiwis get involved in fish plundering too
28/04/2008
Japanese MSC products reach 100
26/04/2008
Lisa heads for Pacific to save tuna
23/04/2008
South Korean ship seized in Japan for illegal fishing
22/04/2008
Activists tackle tuna fishers in Pacific
21/04/2008
Greenpeace activists paint stern of US fishing vessel
18/04/2008
B.C. important base in drift-nets search
18/04/2008
Frequently asked questions on drift net fishing
16/04/2008
Grimsby fish companies set sights on Indonesia
11/04/2008
Hopes rise global trade deal can avert fish crisis
10/04/2008
CG host to Russian border delegation
27/03/2008
Overcoming the language barrier
25/03/2008
Tuna talks look to cut down on overfishing
24/03/2008
All about: global fishing
06/03/2008
Lethal whale "research" programmes produce meat, not answers says WWF
25/02/2008
Protesters say they have bugged Japanese whalers
08/02/2008
Australia releases Japanese whaling pictures
08/02/2008
New year attracts abalone poachers
04/02/2008
Australia police to question anti-whaling activists
28/01/2008
Over 100 whales saved, says Greenpeace
28/01/2008
Activists disagree on whaling protests
28/01/2008
New Zealand PM warns off Japanese whalers
24/01/2008
Greenpeace hopeful of stopping Japan whaling
23/01/2008
Greenpeace says stops Japan whaler refuelling
22/01/2008
Greenpeace inflatables "harassed" by Japanese hunter vessels
21/01/2008
Until all the fish are gone
21/01/2008
Japanese Government says no whaling
19/01/2008
Steaming in the Southern Ocean
18/01/2008
Japan's 'fake' whaling programme crumbling, Greenpeace claims
17/01/2008
Japan demands anti-whalers stop harassing fleet
17/01/2008
Pirate fishing boat spotted by RNZAF
16/01/2008
Blacklisted fishing vessel detected by Air Force Orion
16/01/2008
Japan to free anti-whaling activists, Australia says
16/01/2008
Protest ship confronts whalers
15/01/2008
Japan whaling illegal, says court
14/01/2008
Greenpeace 'heads off whale ship'
14/01/2008
Greenpeace drives whalers out of hunting grounds after 24-hour chase
10/01/2008
Australia whale monitors set off to shadow Japanese
29/12/2007
Gunboat diplomacy rules seas
29/12/2007
Take that, Ahab
27/12/2007
Caviar: The black market in black gold
24/12/2007
The logic of green giving
21/12/2007
Japan to investigate Russian trawler seizures
20/12/2007
Russia threatens to ban Japanese fishing around S. Kurils
19/12/2007
Greenpeace talks of “tuna rip-off” and proposes its own rescue plan
19/12/2007
Australian government to monitor Japanese whalers
19/12/2007
Sushi sales and shrinking stocks
13/12/2007
Tuna Commission stalemate hurting Pacific, official warns
13/12/2007
Russia to crack down on crab smuggling in 2008
11/12/2007
Enmeshed: Australia and South-East Asia's fisheries
07/12/2007
Greenpeace calls for retailer responsibility after tuna commission "fails" to protect
07/12/2007
Fisheries conference ends without resolve to tuna issue
03/12/2007
Fears mount for world‘s last great tuna fishery
29/11/2007
NOAA Fisheries calls for temporary ban on Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna
28/11/2007
Russia‘s wild salmon illegally caught, shipped to U.S.
21/11/2007
Africa: And then there were no fish
20/11/2007
The saviours of the whale
15/11/2007
Earth log: Charles Clover‘s weekly column takes an inside look at the environment
14/11/2007
Illegally caught salmon from Russia shipped to United States
13/11/2007
Russian salmon figures don’t add up, says report
11/11/2007
Updated: Philippines Cavite blast
09/11/2007
Greenpeace warns time and tuna are running out
07/11/2007
Immediate ban needed to save bluefin tuna
06/11/2007
Bluefin tuna overfishing ‘still rampant‘
06/11/2007
Coast guard cutter returns from Far East
01/11/2007
Tuna fishing quota violators targeted in report
24/10/2007
France, Italy face bluefin tuna quota cut
24/10/2007
Japanese tuna scandal starts to bite
22/10/2007
Over half of fish poached in Russia for export
18/10/2007
Namibia: Regional fisheries watchdog sets fish quotas
17/10/2007
Last rites for a marine marvel?
17/10/2007
WWF calls for moratorium on Mediterranean tuna
17/10/2007
The livelihoods of Pakistani fishermen are under threat from commercial trawlers
15/10/2007
Auroras conduct high seas stake-out
14/10/2007
Pacific, lungs of the earth
14/10/2007
Three Chinese boats stopped near Japan
14/10/2007
Russia to continue cooperation with Japan in fisheries-Lavrov
11/10/2007
Tuna fishing fleets a danger to wildlife in the Pacifc
11/10/2007
Tuna fishing fleets in the Pacific pose danger to wildlife at sea
11/10/2007
Namibia: country urges fishing nations to join SEAFO
02/10/2007
Court finds captain of Cambodian trawler guilty of poaching
01/10/2007
Sustainable fish range in Japan doubles overnight
01/10/2007
NAFO meeting wins praise and criticism
29/09/2007
Forces find illegal driftnet fishing
28/09/2007
Tuna in trouble from overfishing
20/09/2007
Manila to call in envoys over rise in illegal fishing
13/09/2007
US Coast Guard, China & Japan jointly capture illegal fishing vessel
12/09/2007
Russia fines Japanese trawler captain for poaching
10/09/2007
China, US, Japan stop illegal fishing
20/08/2007
Emerging maritime security net
20/08/2007
UN tribunal welcomes release of Japanese vessel
14/08/2007
Japanese fishing captain faces charges
10/08/2007
Tuna in: sushi’s taken over
07/08/2007
Tuna ranching said to be involved with Mafia, illegal immigrant trafficking
07/08/2007
UN tribunal orders Japanese fishing boat released
19/07/2007
UN Law of the Sea Tribunal hears case of Japanese fishing vessels
09/07/2007
MSC opens Tokyo office
24/06/2007
Japan‘s latest fear: No more tuna
12/06/2007
EU clamps down on fishing for bluefin tuna
07/06/2007
Primorye fishermen insist on certification of all types of fishery
07/06/2007
Transposition into EU law of control and technical measures adopted by North West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation
04/06/2007
Japan: Joe Borg speaks on sustainable ocean management at Tokyo University
03/06/2007
Japanese fishing boat captured off eastern Russia
31/05/2007
Commissioner Borg in three-day Japan visit
27/05/2007
Report: Japan mulls restrictions on bluefin tun catches in nearby waters
17/05/2007
Abalone poachers in New Zealand threaten China‘s banquet treat
16/05/2007
Subsidized foreign trawlers unequal match for local West African fishermen
07/05/2007
US senators call for worldwide ban on destructive fishing subsidies
05/05/2007
Nations seek end to trawling seas
01/05/2007
Greenpeace calls on governments meeting in Chile to protect the high seas
29/04/2007
Asian demand for shark fins threatens Colombian species
27/03/2007
Japan holds ocean conference as threat mounts for sushi addicts
05/03/2007
International whaling history revisits Alaska
25/02/2007
Illegal luxury seafood catches to draw harsher punishment
20/02/2007
RI hopes regional meeting on illegal fishing to yield collective agreement
19/02/2007
Russian prosecutors charge Japanese trawler captain with poaching
06/02/2007
South African abalone to come under international trade controls
03/02/2007
Russia returns Japanese fishermen seized in disputed territory
01/02/2007
Tuna fisheries management fails, says WWF
31/01/2007
Leading way in tuna conservation
31/01/2007
Japan to cut Atlantic bluefin tuna catch
31/01/2007
New Zealand Air Force spotted Japanese whalers but won’t release location of the fleet
27/01/2007
Tuna conference adopts action plan
26/01/2007
International meeting in Japan aims at conserving world‘s dwindling tuna stocks
25/01/2007
World must try harder to save tuna, UN says
24/01/2007
Unprecedented Japan summit aims to save world‘s threatened tuna stocks
23/01/2007
International meeting on tuna fishing, stocks opens in Kobe
22/01/2007
Tuna on the endangered list
16/01/2007
Egypt: new measures to protect Mediterranean fish stocks
12/01/2007
Russia releases Japanese fishing boat after it pays fine; 1 other still held
06/01/2007
Sea Shepherd ship now running as a Pirate
29/12/2006
Russia releases Japanese fishing boat after it pays fine; 2 others still held
28/12/2006
Russian court impounds Japanese trawler over poaching charges
27/12/2006
Russia fines Japanese sailor for poaching
23/12/2006
Operation Leviathan: flagship Farley Mowat heading to the Antarctic to defend whales
15/12/2006
Quota cuts could slice into Japan tuna feasts
12/12/2006
Australian Navy to get tough on fish poachers (excepting Japanese Whalers)
30/11/2006
Probe into Japan trawler incident completed in Kamchatka
30/11/2006
13 countries to discuss illegal fishing
29/11/2006
Import crunch impacts on Japanese sushi
28/11/2006
Conservation win for tuna
28/11/2006
Captain of Russian fishing trawler arrested in Japan
28/11/2006
Chilean sea bass: back in stores but still in trouble
20/11/2006
Supermarket giant launches sustainable seafood products in Japan
11/11/2006
Japan to host first meeting of 5 tuna conservation bodies next year
10/11/2006
AFMA sets SBT quota
08/11/2006
Russia brings criminal charges against Japanese captain
07/11/2006
Conscientious seafood buyers could reverse "widespread destruction" of fisheries
05/11/2006
Four fishing boats checked by Russia
03/11/2006
Interior ministry reveals huge seafood contraband on Sakhalin
02/11/2006
Overfishing in Gulf of Mexico quickly destroying bluefin tuna populations
23/10/2006
Legal loopholes threatening Pacific tuna stocks
18/10/2006
Japan tuna quota halved for the next five years
17/10/2006
Port Lincoln has world's largest quota
17/10/2006
Tuna talks end well for New Zealand
16/10/2006
Japan forced to halve bluefin catch
16/10/2006
Greenpeace: Japan should pay US$400,000m to Island countries
09/10/2006
Namibia: Seafo bans shark finning
03/10/2006
More illegal driftnet boats in Pacific - Canada
03/10/2006
Japanese skipper handed over from Russia
25/09/2006
EU urged to limit tuna fishing as sushi demand threatens stocks
25/09/2006
Russia fines Japanese fishermen, confiscates vessel
23/09/2006
Japan accused over albatross deaths
18/09/2006
Two poacher ships detained in Sea of Okhotsk
06/09/2006
Preliminary hearings of Japanese captain‘s case set for Sept 11
01/09/2006
Growing sushi appetite threatens tuna stocks
30/08/2006
Sakhalin coast guard will free 2 Japanese fishermen
30/08/2006
Russian FM again urges Japan to act against poaching
21/08/2006
Bluefin tuna scandal: Japan‘s back door revealed
20/08/2006
Fisherman‘s body returned
19/08/2006
Japan used ‘back door‘ to hide $2bn bluefin haul
19/08/2006
Fishing quotas: Japan needs to play by rules
19/08/2006
Tokyo‘s stonewalling comes at great cost
18/08/2006
Russia to turn over fisherman‘s body
18/08/2006
Russia rejects Japan‘s compensation claim
18/08/2006
Charge: Illegal fishing worth billions
18/08/2006
Russian media criticize Japan over fishing boat incident
17/08/2006
Russia rejects Japan‘s protest over firing on boat, raps poaching
17/08/2006
Japan, Russia negotiate over fishermen
16/08/2006
Japan protests over fisherman shooting
15/08/2006
Whales will be like tuna
15/08/2006
Sea Shepherd ‘Leviathan‘ to challenge Japanese Whaling
14/08/2006
Japan accused of illegal tuna haul
14/08/2006
Aust tuna fishing to continue despite illegal take reports
13/08/2006
Outrage over Japanese tuna overkill
13/08/2006
Greens seek action from PM over illegal tuna fishing claims
12/08/2006
Tuna catch fraud claims anger fishermen
12/08/2006
Scientists probe illegal tuna fishing claims
12/08/2006
Industry questions illegal tuna fishing claims
26/07/2006
Concerns over bluefin tuna / Report asks Japan to check origins of its fish imports
18/07/2006
Tuna industry welcomes poaching report
28/06/2006
Marine management is all at sea
13/06/2006
India‘s Andamans in "losing battle" with poachers
07/06/2006
The police who patrol Canada‘s final frontier
28/05/2006
Rich nations urged to help on fish treaty
23/05/2006
Cutter Rush makes port call in Japan
08/05/2006
Fight the pirates - an appeal for action against the global fish robbers
23/04/2006
Kirchner, South Atlantic fisheries tough sheriff
03/04/2006
Japanese funding, fisheries and the Old Road location: ‘They‘re justified‘
31/03/2006
International cooperation weak on ocean fisheries
28/03/2006
Greenpeace hunts pirate fishermen off West Africa
19/03/2006
Gangs plunder Scots razorfish
03/03/2006
Japan tightens tuna rules after exceeding quota
03/03/2006
Japan plunders Aussie tuna
16/02/2006
Millions lost to illegal fishing
11/02/2006
Japan taking ‘illegal‘ tuna
12/01/2006
Group says high stocks help tuna industry survive illegal fishing