Who controls Indian Ocean tuna?
The Indian Ocean is home to one of the largest tuna fisheries, crucial for global seafood markets and local economies. However, overfishing by foreign fleets and the expansion of coastal fisheries are leading to increased pressure on tuna stocks. This situation has sparked disputes over resource management, as highlighted in a Special Issue edited by Malavika Vyawahare.
- ▪The Indian Ocean hosts one of the world’s largest tuna fisheries.
- ▪Foreign-owned industrial fleets are overfishing tuna.
- ▪Coastal countries are expanding their fisheries, intensifying disputes over management.
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Who controls Indian Ocean tuna? The Indian Ocean hosts one of the world’s largest tuna fisheries, supplying global seafood markets and sustaining livelihoods across dozens of coastal nations. But scientists warn some stocks are under mounting pressure as foreign-owned industrial fleets continue to overfish tuna and coastal countries expand their fisheries — intensifying disputes over how the resource is managed. This Special Issue reported by editor Malavika Vyawahare examines the politics, science and competing interests shaping the region’s tuna fishery.
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