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India objects to IOTC yellowfin tuna stock-rebuilding plan

August 24, 2021 โ€” The interim plan for rebuilding the Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stock by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) should target cooperation of large-scale industrial fishing fleets, as opposed to small-scale fishers, according to Indiaโ€™s Department of Fisheries.

India has objected to the IOTCโ€™s resolution on the rebuilding of Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna. India Fisheries Development Commissioner Intisar Anees Siddiqui, in a letter to the IOTC Secretariat, said the large-scale industrial fishing fleets are to blame for reducing yellowfin tuna stocks in the Indian Ocean and โ€œshould bear much responsibility.โ€

Read the full story at Seafood Source

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