Digital software to trace tuna fish being piloted in Fiji

16:04 pm on 22 January 2018

New technology aimed at ensuring more transparency and accountability for tuna fishing worldwide is being piloted in Fiji.

The hope is to try to combat illegal fishing practises and curb slave labour, as well as better inform retailers and consumers about how their tuna is sourced.

But big challenges remain, as Sara Vui-Talitu reports.

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Tuna on the deck of a Pacific fishing vessel. Photo: RNZI/Giff Johnson