date:Dec 27, 2012
such as the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, cant be relied upon to provide sound scientific advice since they have to get the many member countries involved to agree and this rarely happens.
For example, putting a harvest control rules system in place can take many months or even years of difficult negotiations, particularly when the stock is shared between many countries and fishing fleets, as it is with tuna in the Indian Ocean. So waiting until a stock is already declining before it is eventu