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At the most recent round of Indian Ocean tuna talks, countries adopted measures to curb shark finning, expand the scope of bans that prohibit fishers from holding on to sharks caught as bycatch and restrict the use of harmful fishing gear.
“We have significant concerns over the seemingly miraculous recovery of the stock, given the decade of unrelenting overfishing that preceded the IOTC’s most recent yellowfin stock assessment,” Jess Rattle, head of investigations at the U.K.-based nonprofit Blue Marine Foundation, told Mongabay. Rattle attended the meeting as an observer. “We and many others have raised concerns regarding the data used and the transparency and independence of the new stock assessment. It is essential that these issues are resolved and that the assessment is reviewed and revised accordingly,” she said.
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