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MSC sees encouraging signs as global overfishing worsens

'Over a third of fisheries are operating at unsustainable levels, with this trend continuing to worsen slightly. But there are encouraging signs'

By Undercurrent News | June 9, 2020 10:04 BST
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At the MSC seafood futures forum in Brussels on May 8. From left to right: Rupert Howes, chief executive of the MSC; Gerhard Zurlutter, Coop Switzerland; Yemi Oloruntuyi, MSC; Stephen Hall, event moderator; Dohoon Kim, Pukyong National University; Barbara Janker, ASC; Francisco Leotte, Thai Union; Pedro Ferreiro, Velasco, SPF. Credit: Dan Gibson/ Undercurrent News
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