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The Pacific's Imperiled Tuna Industry

The Pacific's Imperiled Tuna Industry

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Feb 09, 2012
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In March, the commission that oversees the harvest of tuna in the vast reaches of the Pacific Ocean is to meet to decide whether to lift a two-year-old ban on fishing in one of the strategic migratory paths of the fish, which are declining in numbers as their value skyrockets.

The Pacific supports a tuna fishery worth US$1.8 billion annually that account…

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