We found evidence that EU vessels use spotter planes to identify
schools of tuna at a time when this is strictly prohibited; observed illegal
fishing by Japanese large-scale longliners during a period when the fishery
is supposed to be closed to them; witnessed some of the most powerful tuna fishing vessels failing to find any tuna schools during part of the peak fishing season in the eastern Mediterranean; and documented the Turkish fleet fishing in the Gulf of Iskenderun where it is claimed to be catching over-quota.