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WWF, MSC at odds again over Mexican tuna assessment

The NGO insists seafood buyers should not consider Mexican tuna sustainable, as its objection to MSC certification is dismissed

By Undercurrent News | Aug. 7, 2017 09:38 BST
Yellowfin in Pacific ocean, Mexico. Credit: WWF
Yellowfin in Pacific ocean, Mexico. Credit: WWF
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The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has expressed its "deep concern" at the progress of a controversial bid from Mexican firms in the eastern Pacific skipjack and yellowfin tuna fishery to gain Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.  [...]

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