Pacific tuna hammered by over-fishing

The Pacific's tuna fishery is being hammered by over-fishing as the tiny nations controlling access to the some of the world's richest waters hold out for more money and greater local investment. There are fears big-eye, yellow fin and albacore tuna are teetering on the edge of survival as an excess of boats fight over a decreasing number of fish.

The eastern Pacific is home to about 60 per cent of the world's tuna but stock numbers are dwindling with increasing numbers of fishing boats from a range of nations, including the heavily government subsidised and rapidly growing Chinese fishing fleet. As the number of boats rises, so does the amount of money charged by Pacific nations to allow fishing in their territorial waters.

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