Seychelles-Flagged Purse Seiners Get Increase in Yellowfin Tuna Catch to 35,800 Tonnes

Seychelles-flagged purse seiners now have a yellowfin tuna catch allocation of 35,800 tonnes, as the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission's (IOTC) relooks at the allocation mechanism for the species through adopting a new resolution to be effective next year.

The allocation of yellowfin for Seychelles' purse seiner fleet was 33,211 metric tonnes for the year which was equally divided among the 13 vessels flying the flag of the island nation in the western Indian Ocean.

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