The European bloc had opposed a resolution by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission imposing a temporary ban on driftnets. Fisheries devices are used to catch 90% of tuna sold in the EU.
An ongoing row between the European Union and coastal Indian Ocean nations over
continues to simmer after a resolution in early February temporarily banned the use of destructive driftnets despite opposition from the European bloc.environment commissioner , Virginijus Sinkevičius, accusing fisheries lobbies of exerting undue pressure on Brussels to object to the ban which applies to fisheries devices used by some corporations in the bloc.
The much-criticized driftnets are"at the heart of the European fleets" in the Indian Ocean, said Claire Nouvian who heads the scientific non-governmental organization Bloom and is one of the signatories of the petition.
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