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Western Pacific tuna fleet asks to keep ports open or allow at-sea transhipment

A group that represents tuna vessels in the western Pacific has asked regulators to relax rules prohibiting transshipment at sea in the case ports are closed due to COVID-19 restrictions

By Matilde Mereghetti | April 2, 2020 16:44 BST
Scene from the port of Alotau, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Credit: Marina Riley/Shutterstock.com
Scene from the port of Alotau, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Credit: Marina Riley/Shutterstock.com
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The World Tuna Purse Seine Organization (WTPO) has asked two bodies that regulate tuna fishing in the western Pacific to further ease rules to allow them to continue to operate in the region as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the region [...]

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