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Pew argues pandemic can kick-start electronic vessel monitoring

Many NGOs are concerned that measures taken to reduce the spread of the pandemic have also made illegal fishing activities harder to track

By Undercurrent News | May 6, 2020 10:28 BST
Western Atlantic bluefin tuna. Credit: Richard Herrmann, Pew Charitable Trusts
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The current pandemic situation, and the restraints it places on regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) has exposed the need of many to develop better functioning electronic monitoring systems, argues the conservation NGO Pew Charitable Trusts [...]

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