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Western Pacific Council calls for removal of bigeye catch limit for US Territories

The 2,000t stock limit was introduced at a time when concerns were raised over regional bigeye tuna stocks, but subsequent assessments show the species is not currently overfished

By Undercurrent News | June 28, 2019 15:17 BST
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Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus). Phoo: Allen Shimada, NOAA NMFS OST
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The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has proposed the removal of the 2,000 metric ton annual catch limit for bigeye tuna currently imposed on US Pacific Territories such as American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Marian Islands [...]

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