U.S. joins more than 50 nations in adopting recommendation to list vessels engaged in illegal fishing around the world

The United States joined more than 50 countries Thursday signing a recommendation to regional fishery management organizations (RFMOs) to better track vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for tunas, swordfish, sharks and other highly migratory species.

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