The Spanish tuna industry has reiterated its pioneer position as an example of sustainable management, says the country’s Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture. Minister Isabel Garcia...
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US-Kiribati Conservation Deal To Secure Tuna Fishing Rights?
The US and Kiribati have jointly signed a cooperative conservation measure, in a bid to further protect vital marine habitats in the Pacific. In agreeing to work jointly on research and...
Japan, China Block ICCAT To Take Measures On Shark-Finning
A proposal to require all sharks to be landed with their fins naturally attached was blocked at the recently concluded ICCAT meeting, leaving both environmental groups and industry reps...
EU Red Card Has No Impact On ISSF Pro Vessel List
All owners of vessels that fish for tuna, regardless of their flag nation’s IUU status and gear type, can list their vessels on the ISSF PVR – a list, which according to the NGO, means they...
Pacific Bluefin ‘Vulnerable’ On IUCN ‘Red List’
Pacific bluefin tuna has officially been added to the IUCN ‘red list’ of species at risk of extinction, as announced at the IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia. While Pacific...
ICCAT Quota Increase Sparks Mixed Feelings
Emerging from week long negotiations in Genoa, Italy, the delegates of more than 50 governments have announced the ICCAT decision to increase Atlantic bluefin tuna catch quotas; a conclusion...
ICCAT Urged To Take Action On IUU Vessels
ICCAT was urged to up its game on IUU last week, as the Commission met for its annual session in Italy. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) was...
“Tuna Industry Could Use Serious Product Shake-Up”
DuPont Nutrition & Health, one of the leading food ingredient suppliers worldwide, believes the tuna industry could do with a serious product shake-up, in particular regards to discovering...
Why AIS May Not Be Quite ‘The Holy Grail’
Recent developments in the fight against IUU fishing have pointed towards something of a ‘savior’ - Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), which when turned on can transmit vessel information...
Albatross Mortality Reduction Fails, Japanese Longliners Blamed
Recent attempts by Australia to push Japanese southern bluefin fishers into reducing albatross mortality has failed, despite clear evidence that the bird’s mortality rate rose 300 percent last...
Sapmer Relocates Seiners To Recover Losses
The administration of French tuna fishing company, Sapmer, announced last week in Concarneau, France, that by Autumn 2015 its Réunion based fleets will be relocating their tuna fishing...
EU ‘Monster Boats’ Linked To Kiribati Food Security
A number of super seiners from the EU listed in an NGO report are said to threaten the food security of Pacific nations, as many of these countries’ fishermen rely on tuna stocks in nearby...
Tracking The Life Of The Tuna On Your Plate
Sushi restaurants in Osaka and Tokyo are now providing, alongside served food, tablet devices so that consumers can educate themselves on the individual properties of the farmed bluefin tuna...
Isabel Makes Distribution Deal With Milk Producer
Two Spanish-born companies have joined together on a distribution deal that will see Isabel tuna products delivered to bars and restaurants across Spain. Spanish dairy company, Calidad Pascual...
Malta To Host 2015 ICCAT Meeting
Next year’s annual ICCAT meeting will be held in Malta, as decided unanimously by the delegates of the Commission last week in Genoa, Italy. After numerous attempts to hold the conference in...
Spanish Fleet Calls For Closing Loopholes On Shark Finning
The Spanish fleet is getting serious on putting a stop to shark finning, as it calls on ICCAT members to close the loopholes that allow it to continue happening. Together, Cepesca and...
F.C.F. Gets FOS Certification For Its FAD Fisheries
As one of the two biggest tuna traders in the world, Taiwanese-based F.C.F., will now be able to slap the Friend of the Sea (FOS) sustainable seafood eco-label on its FAD-caught skipjack tuna...
EPO Seiners Struggle To Find Skipjack
Tuna fishermen in the EPO are struggling to find enough skipjack this year, with volumes showing a significant decline on 2013 landings. In fact, in the first nine months of 2014, skipjack...
FEDs Lift Ban On US Pacific Bluefin Fishing
Large-scale fishing for Pacific bluefin tuna is to be re-allowed in the US, as the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) reverses its decision to close the fishery on September 5th this...
PNA Officials Address “Serious Technical Issues” Of VDS
This week, officials and Ministers from the PNA came together in Tuvalu, with a jam-packed agenda of issues to discuss. As talks were focused on the region’s Vessel Day Scheme (VDS), according...
