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#Bycatch Estimates From a Pacific Tuna Longline Fishery Provide a Baseline for Understanding the Long-Term Benefits of a Large, Blue Water Marine Sanctuary https://t.co/lEvxkojP8F
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This study established a baseline of longline catch rates and #bycatch in one of the world’s largest #MPAs, which will help in determining the long-term benefits of the sanctuary on #marinespecies impacted by the tuna fishery. Read more: https://t.co/MsPgO
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The PNMS Act lists the protection of overexploited fishery species as a primary objective in promoting their recovery and reproduction... Given that the tuna stocks in the WCPO are not overfished and no overfishing is occurring...