date:May 14, 2014
Smuggling of tuna fish to Iran costs Pakistan at least $50 million a year as fisheries experts urge the government to regularise the illegal seafood trade with neighbouring country to help costal communities' augment their income and lifestyle. Around 200 tons of tuna fish is being smuggled to Iran on a daily basis through Gwadar port of Balochistan, said Technical Advisor (Marine Fisheries) at WWF-Pakistan, Muhammad Moazzam Khan.
Iranian traders pay higher prices for tuna fish as compared to