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Tuna Wars: Cracking down on illegal fishing
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The Pacific tuna fishery is the largest in the world, supplying more than half of the worlds catch. But its abundance has made it a target for illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing activity, largely by commercial operators. To combat this - a cross-Pacific crackdown, including assistance from Australia, aims to identify illegal actors through a multi-layered approach. And this story was supported by the Pulitzer Centre.
The Pacific tuna fishery is the largest in the world, supplying more than half of the worlds catch. But its abundance has made it a target for illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing activity, largely by commercial operators. To combat this - a cross-Pacific crackdown, including assistance from Australia, aims to identify illegal actors through a multi-layered approach. And this story was supported by the Pulitzer Centre.