After delivering surging volumes to Thai canners last year, Kiribati’s tuna landings have taken a sharp tumble back down, having dropped 18 percent YoY. In the first half of 2016,...
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Pacific-Wide Fishing Ban Edging Closer?
An earlier proposal from Japan to initiate a fishing ban, or limit the number of Pacific bluefin tuna caught in the WCPO, has gained support from member nations of the WCPFC at a recent...
MSC-Hopeful Mexican Group Unites With ISSF
In a move focused on a number of science-based priorities for the tuna sector, the group encompassing the Mexican purse seine fishery’s MSC venture has joined hands with the ISSF. Announced...
Indonesian Canneries Need More Imported Tuna
The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (KADIN) wants to boost the country’s tuna imports to meet industrial demand, as part of its aspirations to make Indonesia the front running country in the...
FAD Ban Drives WCPO Fishing Shift
As the FAD closure period in the WCPO continues to run its course, seiners in the region are shifting the location of their operations, moving to more northern and eastern zones, according to...
NZ Navy Discovers Big Tuna Fishing Breach
A large proportion of tuna fishing vessels boarded in the Pacific Ocean have been found to be breaking the law, according to a New Zealand Navy operation. Crew from HMNZS Wellington, together...
More Regular Skipjack Supply From EPO?
Ecuadorian officials have already stated that an extension of the EPO purse seine tuna fishing ban is not feasible for the Ecuadorian fleet, and it has now been suggested that tuna catch...
Biggest No Catch Zone In History
The Hawaiian national marine monument, Papahānaumokuākea, has been expanded to 1.5 million square km, creating the world’s largest Marine Protected Area (MPA), to the disappointment of the...
US Foodservice Should “Pressure Tuna Suppliers”
Companies need to put pressure on tuna suppliers in order to make their supply chain sustainable according to Greenpeace’s most recent report that ranks US foodservice seafood firms on their...
US Seiners Told To Leave High Seas
September 2nd is the date now marked for when the US tuna purse seine fleet will lose access to WCPO high seas area for the rest of the year. As stated in the US Federal Register this week,...
Cutting A Concerning Rate Of Bycatch
In an attempt to curb the scale of longline fishery bycatch mortality, the Costa Rican government and a group of NGOs including ISSF have announced an initiative to educate fisherman on how...
Are Baht Gains A Serious Threat To Thai Canners?
With the Thai Baht continuing to strengthen against the US dollar, concerns have been aired among Thai tuna canners that export value will fall far short of the 2016 target. Chanintr...
Is There Any Way Up For US Demand?
With no pickup in US canned tuna import numbers yet, there could be reason to believe that demand has passed its peak, as a 13 percent slip emerges in volume. During the first six months of...
WTPO Opposes Giving FAD Data On Real Time Basis
At the start of the year the PNA initiated FAD-tracking trials, with the aim of pulling together combined data from thousands of FAD buoys, and real time catch reports from seiners. But with...
Readers Undecided On Effect Of FAD Charging
Last week the Atuna homepage poll asked readers their opinion on: Is FAD charging an effective way to stimulate free school fishing? After being launched at the start of the year, the PNA made...
STANDPOINT: Indonesia’s Catch Reporting Inaccurate?
The reliability of Indonesia’s reported catch data has been questioned in numerous reports which have cast doubt over the transparency and accuracy of the numbers, leading to efforts to...
Bear Fronts John West’s Humorous ‘Fiery’ Tuna Ads
John West Australia has launched a highly humorous new bear-fronted advertising campaign called ‘Lunchtime Social Feed’, aimed at promoting the brand’s new value-added canned tuna range. It...
Riding The Trend Of Surging “Clean Label” Sales
‘Clean Label’ has been branded the trend of the year by many market analysts, and big tuna brands are the latest that want to show that their products can fit with this market and consumer...
Slashed Bangkok Deliveries From US Fleet
The presence of several US seiners in the EPO since late last year is no secret, but how has the fleet’s declined WCPO operations impacted Thai deliveries? The US has commonly been the second...
Efforts To Regain Trust After “Tuna Scandal”
The Mozambican government is working to restore the trust of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the country’s other international partners after the economic crisis caused by billion...
