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© IRD / Olivier Barrière Arable land denshering around Elahé, Amerindian village Wayana in French Guiana Indigo 44480  

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Tunas follow El Niño

December 1997

Scientific newssheets

Over 70 per cent of world tuna landings, amounting to over three million metric tons annually, are taken from the Pacific Ocean.