Global tuna transshipments in 2018 amounted to USD 10.4 billion at the final point of the sale. Skipjack was the most transferred fish and valued at more than USD 5 billion. Most of the...
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Pacifical Welcomes PNA Seiners FAD Catch To SmarTuna Platform
Pacifical, a leader in tuna traceability, has expanded its services within the MSC-certified Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) tuna fishery. Its SmarTuna platform will now also include the...
August WCPO Seiner Catches Declined
Purse seiners operating in the WCPO increased their fishing intensity in August, but catches declined slightly from the previous month, due to a sharp fall in skipjack volumes. The fleets...
Mozambique Joins ReCon To Reuse Buoys For Oceanic Studies
The ReCon project powered by Spanish satellite buoys provider, Satlink, expanded its scope of work to recover abandoned buoys for reuse for Mozambique. It signed an agreement with the...
GLOBEFISH Celebrates 40 Years Of Analytic Contribution To Fishing Sector
GLOBEFISH was founded in 1984 to analyze trade and markets of fisheries and aquaculture products under the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In a two-day event on September 18 and...
Costas Kadis Appointed As New EU Fisheries Commissioner
EU’s Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her new Members of the College for the 2024-2029 period on Tuesday. Costas Kadis, a Cyproit, was appointed as the latest European Commissioner for Fisheries...
Global Tuna Transshipments Worth More Than USD 10 Billion Driven By Seiner Activity
Annually, more than 27 percent of the global tuna catch is transshipped and they are worth billions of dollars, according to the latest study commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts. On...
European Fleets Can Continue Catching Tuna In Guinea-Bissau Waters
The EU and Guinea-Bissau renewed their fishing partnership agreement on September 18. The deal will allow seiners, longliners, and pole-and-liners from Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, and...
EU Needs To Strengthen Its Fisheries Policies To Reap Maximum Benefits
The EU, being one of the largest consumers and producers of tuna and other seafood, needs to improve its fisheries and aquaculture policies. This was pointed out in the recently published ‘The...
Tri Marine WCPO And EPO Longliner Catches Get Blue Tick
The skipjack, yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore catches of Tri Marine longliners in the WCPO, EPO, and Solomon Islands EEZ are MSC certified. The CAB, DNV Business Assurance, recently published...
Orcas Attack Boats To Practice Bluefin Catching
Boats encountering orcas or killer whales in the Strait of Gibraltar have become almost commonplace. In the past five years, around 700 incidents have been reported. The endangered and...
Adjudicator Rules In Favor, PNA Recertified For Another 5 Years With FAD Sets
After a lengthy and costly battle, the world’s largest purse seine tuna fishery PNA has been allowed to display its sustainable logo for an additional five years. Last week, the independent...
Tori Lines Does Not Work For Shallow-Set Longline Fishery
The results of the tori line experiment on Hawaiian longliners to mitigate albatross bycatch were discussed in the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and...
Filipino Tuna Fishers Continue Fight Against Employer For Withholding Wages
The tuna fishermen, who were abandoned by their employer in an American port, are fighting tooth and nail to receive their wages despite the many hurdles ahead in their path. The group,...
Rio Grande Do Norte Tuna Fishing Sector Is In Dire Need Of Revamp
Rio Grande Do Norte in Brazil has one of the largest tuna fishing sectors in the country. But several gaps need to be addressed so that it can thrive and generate more revenue for the national...
Spanish Tuna Vessels Seeking Foreign Crew Want Relaxation Of Rules
Spanish tuna and other fishing companies are seeking foreign crew to work on their vessels due to the current lack of manpower. Shipowner's associations and workers' commissions pointed out...
Europêche Applauds Tighter Fishing Regulations For Non-EU Nations
Europêche, the voice of the European fishing industry, has welcomed the European Commission’s (EC) proposal designed to combat unsustainable tuna and other seafood fishing practices by non-EU...
WCPO Purse Seiners Mainly Netted Medium-Sized Skipjack In 2023
Purse seiners fishing in the WCPO caught larger tuna in the eastern part of the ocean in 2023. In terms of skipjack, vessels mainly netted medium-sized fish while slightly larger fish were...
Sealect And Sesame Street To Promote Tuna Consumption Among Thai Kids
Thai-Union-owned Sealect tuna brand is collaborating with the makers of the American television series Sesame Street to launch three varieties of limited-edition lithographed cans with the...
Thai Canners Massively Increased WR Purchase From Oceanian Seiners In H1
The purchase of frozen whole rounds by Thai canners from Oceanian purse seine fleets witnessed a massive hike in the first half of 2024, a five-year-high. This was driven by the large...
