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Tuna Turner: Investors Must Turn Up Transparency in the Tuna Industry
Planet Tracker Fisheries & Aquaculture
Despite recent progress, the tuna industry faces persistent challenges: biomass is only at 20-60% of pre-industrial levels, and the industry causes a major impact on other species. The thirty largest tuna harvesters account for an estimated 46% of global tuna catch. Only four out of 30 firms report any tuna catch volumes.
Because transparency remains poor, investors cannot assess individual company risks in this climate-threatened sector. By shedding light on corporate activity in the opaque tuna industry, this analysis shows why greater transparency is urgently needed – not just for ocean health, but to reduce investor risk and to support the financial performance of tuna harvesting companies.
Read the full report here.
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