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Indian Ocean FAD restrictions heat up clash between pole-and-line advocate Burton, purse seiner sector

Simmering tensions between John Burton, the founder of UK pole-and-line tuna importer World Wise, and the purse seine sector boil over after a loaded IOTC meeting in Kenya

By Matilde Mereghetti and Tom Seaman | March 27, 2023 11:20 BST
A tuna purse seiner, Credit: Blue Marine Foundation.
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The long-simmering tensions between UK pole-and-line tuna entrepreneur John Burton and the purse seine sector have well and truly bubbled over following a controversial meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) in February.  [...]

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