# IFFO, GAA urge Asian trawl fisheries to improve stocks, product quality - Responsible Seafood Advocate

> IFFO, the Marine Ingredients Organisation and GAA released a report calling for sustainability and quality improvements in large trawl and purse seine fisheries in Thailand and Vietnam. The report says overfishing has reduced larger, slower-growing species in the region.

- Date: 2019-04-29 · published 2019-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Southeast Asia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59682-iffo-gaa-urge-asian-trawl-fisheries-to-improve-stocks-product-quality
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Calls for fishery management reforms could eventually constrain forage fish supply for fishmeal, but the report sets no immediate quota or catch change.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- globalseafood.org: https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/iffo-gaa-urge-asian-trawl-fisheries-to-improve-stocks-product-quality/

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