As negotiations on the management of tuna stocks are in full swing at the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), one member country referred on Wednesday 18 May to the ‘Fishing outside the lines’ report accusing EU fleets of illegal fishing.
Europêche’s tuna group rejected the conclusions of the Blue Marine Foundation’s report (https://aeur.eu/f/1oy), as “there was no accusation, and even no suspicion of illegal fishing from EU, Seychelles or Mauritius authorities last week in the...