Maldives pole and hand line tuna fisheries go Friend of the Sea

The number of traditional tuna fisheries worldwide relying on the international scheme to distinguish their end products as more sustainable is expanding rapidly. The Azores, Senegal, Brazil, Maldives and South African pole and line; the Sri Lanka, Philippines and Maldives handline; the Irish troll fishery – and the processing companies sourcing from these fisheries, all of them opted for Friend of the Sea as better representing their environmentally friendly status.

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