A new report reveals European companies have taken a third of the Indian Ocean’s tropical tuna catch despite the ocean’s distance from Europe. At times, vessels flying Spanish or French flags accounted for nearly 40 per cent of the catch of the region’s three key tropical tuna species.
Careful analysis of the industrial purse seine fleets operating in the region shows that, rather than decreasing with time, the EU has expanded its catch significantly over the last 30 years. It has achieved this by reflagging vessels to several Indian Ocean coastal states.
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