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Malavika Vyawahare

Overfishing could spell the end of yellowfin tuna stock in the Indian Ocean in less than a decade

Other tuna stocks could face a similar crisis without effective measures.

Malavika Vyawahare
· Jun 05, 2023 · 07:30 pm
How the European Union is driving the tuna population in Indian Ocean towards collapse

Through their numbers and influence, EU lobbyists have stymied efforts to impose appropriate catch quotas and limit the use of destructive fishing gear.

Malavika Vyawahare
· Apr 12, 2023 · 01:30 pm
A stream of medicines and pharma ingredients is seeping into the environment with deadly effects

Many pharmaceutical compounds pass through the human body without losing their potency and end up in the Earth’s water bodies.

Malavika Vyawahare
· Oct 10, 2022 · 01:30 pm

In the Indian Ocean, predatory European ships have pushed tuna to the brink

European Union-controlled ships, including those flagged to smaller coastal states like Seychelles, haul in the lion’s share of the fish in the region.

Malavika Vyawahare
· Apr 22, 2021 · 01:30 pm