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By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, Vietnam
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Calls for concrete binding measures on fishers’safety, security and well-being regulation at WCPFC 19
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More needs to be done to control rampant tuna transhipment in the high seas
By Pita Ligaiula, in Da Nang, Vietnam
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