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Tag: big-eye tuna

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 05:17 UTC

    Survival of the big-eye tuna to be decided this week in ICCAT meeting in Spain

    A scientific report prepared for last year's meeting of the ICCAT showed that numbers had plummeted to less than 20% of historic levels

    The fate of big-eye tuna, over-fished and in decline, could be decided this week when fishing nations meet to set quotas after failing last year to agree on safeguard measures for the valuable food resource. Scientists warn that unless the catch is reduced, stocks of Thunnus obesus - prized for sashimi in Japan and canned worldwide - could collapse within years.