The Pacific's Imperiled Tuna Industry
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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