Pacific / Farming

FFA urges caution over new tuna data

04:02 am on 6 September 2017

The Forum Fisheries Agency is urging caution over new data showing Pacific tuna are not being overfished.

The figures suggest the entire tuna stock is at a healthy level, including Bigeye which has long been been reported as severely overfished.

The agency's Wez Norris told Koroi Hawkins the data is potentially great news for the sustainability of the fishery.

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