European fishing industry association Europeche is warning consumers to be aware of fraudulent labeling on tuna, which makes false claims on the way it has been caught.
The organization, which represents 80,000 fishermen in nine European countries, suggested some tuna products appearing on the EU market are falsely claiming to have been caught without the use of fish aggregating devices (FADs).
According to a recent survey carried out by the European Parliament on the use of FADs in tuna fisheries, 11 out of 13 stocks of tropical tunas around the world are found to be at healthy biomass levels.
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