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The
OPRT is an international non-governmental organization (NGO), established
in Tokyo on December 8, 2000, with the purpose to link the oceans with
the consumers and promote sustainable use of tunas.
It is comprised of tuna longline
producers from various countries (Japan, Chinese Taipei, Republic of
Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, China and Ecuador) as well as organization
of traders, distributors and consumers and public interest organizations
in Japan. The OPRT is striving to develop tuna fisheries in a way to
fulfill international and social responsibility in cooparation with
FAO and regional tuna resource management organizations responsible
for each area of the world's oceans.
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