LONDON: India has been accused of suffering from an effort to protect Indian Ocean Tuna shares after joining Oman and Indonesia formally objected to the size of conservation, which was agreed at the June Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) meeting, which aims to reduce the total catches that were allowed to protect health Long-term from sea stocks.
Global Tuna Alliance, consisting of retailers and tuna suppliers, said, “At the IotC meeting in June, scientific advice calling for a catch below 403,000MT to rebuild stock.
IOCC reached an agreement to limit the catch by 2022 to 401.011 MT.
Now I have objected to the plan, forcing the sustainability of the Indian Ocean Yellowfin sustainability to the danger zone, and sacrifice the efforts made by the majority of countries who are willing to follow scientific advice.
“Since the objection of member countries do not have to implement the size and vice versa bound by the previous catch limit.
, alliances count they can increase a total of 2022 catches of 48.140mt, if their catches match their scientific advice – far exceed their scientific advice.
In his objection letter, India said, “Fisheries is the main source of work and food resilience for four million Indian sea fishing populations, which conducted fishing by multi-teeth fisheries and non-selective multi-species, mostly limited to near coastal.
Coastal areas.
Most of these small ships do not target tuna but tuna are recorded as bycatch.
“The letter, written by I was the Siddiqui Department of Fisheries, said it was difficult to implement a reduction in catch for species that were not targeted in such a small scale fisheries.
“India believes that the large-scale fisheries fleet of water fishing countries developed and far engaged in the capture of Tuna Yellowfin which is targeted mainly responsible for the status of the current stock of Yellowfin’s tuna in the Indian Ocean, and such fleets will occur responsibility The main answer by reducing their catch.
Placing the burden of responsibility for small-scale fishermen and an impact on the livelihood of millions of poor fishermen resources may not be a wise decision, “he said.
However, the global tuna alliance said that only for reasons this scientific advice for this iconic species must be obeyed.
“Local populations in countries like India will be the most difficult hit when their sources of income and food run out with excessive fishing.
It’s about taking steps now, to protect the livelihood in the long term,” he said.