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...
Tuna Farming News
Malta Certified By EU As ‘Fully Compliant’ With ICCAT
Malta, one of the EU’s main catchers of bluefin in the Mediterranean, yielding an annual export value of EUR 100 million in this sector, has been ratified by DG MARE as being fully compliant...
Mexico To Lose USD 25 Million A Year On Tuna
The Mexican tuna industry is set to lose as much as USD 25 million per year in revenue, as it announces an aim to cut its bluefin tuna catch in the EPO, by as much as 40 percent during 2015...
Increased Global Fattened Tuna Production Expected For FY14
For four consecutive years, farmed bluefin tuna supply is expected to keep on increasing. This is according to Japanese news site, Minato-Tsukiji.com, which reports that importers in Japan...
Texas Project Wants To Breed Tuna In Aquariums
A new project developing in Texas, United States, is aiming to farm Atlantic bluefin tuna in an onshore aquarium facility, primarily to rebuild the wild population of Atlantic bluefin tuna,...
Can Milkfish Bait Revive Pole & Line In Indonesia?
Recent technical reports from the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) have revealed that facing the issue of sustainability for live bait tuna fisheries and the conservation of...
Can Japan Relieve Pressure On Bluefin With Biggest Farming Project Yet?
The Japanese are set on establishing the biggest bluefin tuna farming project to date, with targets of 200 tons of fully life-cycled bluefin tuna to be shipped each year starting in 2017....
The First Atlantic Bluefin In-Land Broodstock?
The world’s first ever in-land Atlantic bluefin broodstock project is to take place in Murcia, Spain, with the aim of relieving pressure on current Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks, reports the...
Philippines’ Fishermen Get Government Funded Insurance
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) have announced a cooperative move to insure thousands of people in the fishing and...
American TV To Broadcast On Albacore Fisheries
Starting this month, American Public TV broadcasting organization, PBS, is launching a series on new ways to challenge the adverse social and environmental effects of food processing – the...
Malaysians Want To Move Into Purse Seining And Fattening
Companies in Malaysia have teamed up to initiate the implementation of purse seine net technology in their commercial fishing sector. Malaysian company, Next Pearl and the Bintawa Fisheries...
Damanaki Accused Of ‘Perverse’ Bluefin Eating Advice
The European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Maria Damanaki, recently published a blog post in which she emphasized the importance of avoiding bluefin tuna on beach holidays....
Clean Seas Considering Farming Bluefin Again
Clean Seas, the Australian fish farming company, is deciding whether to re-engage its bluefin aquaculture program in the hope that it will be able to find a commercially viable distributor....
Drones To Replace Planes And Helicopters In Tuna Spotting?
Helicopters and airplanes are being used all across the world’s waters, hovering above sea to spot schools of tuna or populated FADs for seiners to set their nets on. But now, following the...
Weather Deters Bluefin Poachers In Australia
Australian southern bluefin farmers have been struck by a patch of rough weather which has affected harvesting but also discouraged poachers. Chief Executive of the Australian Southern Bluefin...
Bigeye Tuna Farming In An Oceansphere – The Next Revolution?
An aquaculture innovation company has started the installation of a spherical farm in Hawaii, destined for the first complete aquaculture cycle of bigeye and yellowfin, from egg to harvest...
Baltimore Uni To Start Bluefin Farming In USA?
Scientists in a laboratory in downtown Baltimore in the United States are trying their hand at what has previously proved a challenging task – raising the lucrative, prized and threatened...
Spawning Ground Conditions Can Predict Bluefin Stock Dynamics
Researchers may have found a way to estimate stocks and reproduction rates for bluefin based on tuna spawning stains and ocean movements in the Mediterranean. For the last decade,...
Australian Southern Bluefin Hits Record Quality
According to experts, this year’s Australian harvest of farmed southern bluefin tuna is the highest quality seen so far, and the harvest is expected to end by the third week of August. Chief...
ASC Certification Gaining Traction In Western Europe
Sustainable farmed seafood products certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) are gaining ground in both the Dutch and German market. According to an ASC commissioned report, its...