Taiwan's Oversize Tuna Fleet
Environmentalists are accusing Taiwanese authorities of complicity in the overfishing of tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean, charging that the island's Fishery Agency has allowed local fishermen to use subterfuges to vastly increase the size of their fishing fleet.
Taiwan operates by far the biggest tuna fleet in the region. According to Green…
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