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Kenya objects to IOTC dFAD ban resolution

'Forcing the vote by some parties, influenced by commercial interests sometimes totally irrelevant to them, cannot be used as a legitimate ruling at international matters'

By Matilde Mereghetti | March 7, 2023 12:34 GMT
John Burton (with glasses on head, facing camera) at the IOTC meeting that took place in Mombasa, Kenya, on Feb. 3-5, 2023.
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Kenya submitted on March 2 an official objection to the 72-day ban on drifting fish aggregating devices (dFAD) that was recently approved at a special session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) [...]

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