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Big win for tuna fisheries nets renewed focus on human rights

By Sophie Bertazzo

June 8, 2020
Walmart, the world’s second-largest retailer, just notched a major win for sustainable seafood. Conservation News spoke to two Conservation International fisheries experts about what this could mean for the global fisheries industry.
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Tracing tuna from sea to fork

By Bruno Vander Velde

June 14, 2017
Scientists, businesses and governments are coming together for a common goal: to make all tuna fully traceable by 2020.
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Melting ice a ticking time bomb for Pacific islands

By Greg Stone, Ph.D.

November 10, 2015
At current rates, sea-level rise will either submerge or make unlivable a host of islands within a century, maybe sooner — presenting a humanitarian crisis for vulnerable populations.
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