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Plans to create a uni№гЂed PO for greater ef№гЂciency
Concentration in the tuna fishery is here to stay The tuna №гЂshery has seen a lot of consolidation over the last few years. Now. as tuna quotas increase the №гЂshers are understandably against any talk of diluting the allocation by spreading it among more №гЂshermen. They are also working to create a single uni№гЂed producer organisation.
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Fortunato Della Monica, Mayor of Cetara, and President of the FLAG Approdo di Ulisse; Matteo Novella, a fisherman and owner of one of the 12 boats authorised to fish for tuna in Italy.
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