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Transshipment Plays a Major Role in the Global Tuna Industry
Transshipment – the transfer of marine products from fishing vessels to carrier (i.e., transport) vessels at sea or in port – has emerged as a way to efficiently move fish to processing plants and markets.
However, because of a lack of research, relatively little is known about the global scale and value of transshipment, leaving many people concerned that this activity could be an avenue for illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, the entry of illegal products into the marketplace, and other transnational crimes, especially in areas of the ocean where effective monitoring and controls are lacking.
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