The 28th Indian Ocean Tuna Committee (IOTC) meeting is currently taking place in Bangkok, Thailand, where reduction of yellowfin tuna catches are being debated. This is a significant meeting, as decision-makers come together against a backdrop of increasing market pressure in their ongoing attempts to end the overfishing of Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna – a stock that has been overfished for almost a decade.Â
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