date:May 14, 2014
the seafood rates at the country's fisheries, he said, adding that the illegal trade has huge financial appeal for the local fishermen. According to the WWF-Pakistan's report on 'Tuna Situation Analysis Pakistan 2012', the small-scale tuna gillnet fishery in Pakistan is mainly dependant on the trade of low quality gillnet caught tuna with Iran in chilled form and its export in salted-dried form to Sri Lanka.
The tuna fishing operations in Pakistan appeared to be financially viable and attracti