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Taking The Tuna Project To Indonesia

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March - April 2017

Within the framework of the Common Oceans Tuna Project, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is working with BirdLife South Africa, as the local partner of BirdLife International, to lessen the impact of tuna fisheries on biodiversity.

- Emelie Martensson and Bronwyn Maree

Taking The Tuna Project To Indonesia

Specifically, BirdLife South Africa is looking to reduce seabird by-catch, particularly in relation to albatross and petrel populations, and to speed up the implementation of best-practice mitigation measures.

With this in mind, national awareness workshops are being conducted to improve both awareness and implementation of best-practice methods and regulations regarding seabird by-catch. Following a successful workshop in Namibia in October 2016, focus shifted to Indonesia, where another workshop was held in Bali on 23 and 24 November.

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