Seafood
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Most But Not All Tuna Catch from Abundant Stocks
WASHINGTON — The following was released by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation: The global commercial catch of tuna — a valuable, natural protein food source — reached 5 million tons in 2014, an increase from 4.6 million in 2013, according to the ISSF Tuna Stock Status Update – 2016 (Status of the World Fisheries for Tuna) report just published by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). The report can be downloaded from the ISSF Status of the Stocks page. Tuna accounts for approximately 6% of the world's 81.5-million-ton marine catch.
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New law empowers U.S. to combat illegal fishing and seafood fraud and promote the sustainable management of international fisheries
Photo: The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Rush escorts the suspected high seas drift net fishing vessel Da Cheng in the North Pacific Ocean on August 14, 2012. (Credit: U.S. Coast Guard)
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Seafood Harvesters Praise Senate Port State Measures
Seafood Harvesters of America issued the following statement on the passage of H.R. 774, the "Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015" in the United States Senate:
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