The world’s largest tuna fishery is in the WCPO and robust compliance and monitoring are critical to maintaining conservation and management measures. The WCPFC’s 22nd Technical and Compliance...
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MIFCO CEO Says Sustainability Keeps Maldives Tuna Competitive
Mohamed Anas, the new CEO of Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO), said the Maldives’ pole-and-line tuna fishery and its sustainability credentials remain key drivers of the country’s...
EU And Canada Launch Ocean Alliance With Millions In Commitments
The EU and Canada recently joined hands for global ocean conservation during the ongoing 81st UN General Assembly High-Level Week, aimed at protecting marine life. The initiative is closely...
Gabon Renews Talks With EU For Tuna Fisheries Deal
More than a year after Gabon decided to end its nearly-two decade fisheries partnership with the EU, the African nation’s officials have reopened talks with the bloc. Both parties will aim for...
GFW Teams Up With Ai2 To Boost Monitoring Of Tuna Fleets
Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has joined hands with AI lab Ai2 to bring cutting-edge technology and AI agents to ocean monitoring and enforcement. The move would give authorities worldwide new...
MSC Certifies EPO Tuna Fishery Despite Dolphin Data Gaps
Panamanian firm Messinia Holding Group recently received MSC certification for its purse seine skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye catches in the EPO. This is the first dolphin set fishery to be...
SmarTuna Calls For Industry-Owned Shared Digital Traceability Infrastructure
Henk Brus, CEO of SmarTuna, has proposed a new model for tuna traceability built on shared digital infrastructure that is governed and ultimately owned by the tuna industry. Brus stated that...
India Defends Tuna Safety After Parasite Report Rattles Sellers
An Indian government fisheries agency has dismissed reports that tuna is unsafe to eat after parasites were found in fish caught in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil. A scientific study in Brazil...
European Commission Aims To Simplify EU Funding Rules For Fisheries
The European Commission has proposed simplifying fisheries and aquaculture funding. Tuna fleets and companies operating in other fisheries would be able to tap faster into the European...
Global Fishing Watch Provides Guide Setting Up Vessel Monitoring Systems
The Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has published the Vessel Tracking Best Practices Guide this month, a blueprint for governments to build more effective, integrated, and transparent...
Readers Saw Skipjack Price Rise Coming
The trade in whole round frozen skipjack price has been under pressure for months because there is a shortfall in supply due to low catch volumes in all oceans, while the canners’ demand...
Tuna And Sweet Potato Combo Find Unexpected Fans And Other Social Media Stories
An American social media content creator posted a video of relishing tuna on sweet potato, and the combo is a hit among her fans. A video of a tuna swimming underwater in a discotheque grabs...
Jeff Bezos Backs Pacific Ocean Conservation With Extra USD 25 Million
The Bezos Earth Fund is putting USD 25 million behind efforts to protect tuna and marine life across more than 625,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean. This will support ocean conservation...
Australian Tuna Fishery Can Again Carry MSC Label
The Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF), which targets yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore, has been MSC recertified for the third time. Currently, 24 fishing vessels are in the certification...
Maldives Replaces Lost Anchored FADs To Support P&L Fishing
Maldives Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Ocean Resources is prioritizing the replacement of anchored FADs for pole-and-line skipjack fishing in its waters that have been damaged or have...
IO Catches Improve Slightly: Skipjack Price Firms
The catches in the Indian Ocean improved slightly in the past month and the skipjack price increased a little. Volumes, however, remained below last year’s levels, although they were still...
GDST Intends To Build Future Modules For Bycatch & Marine Mammals, New Vision For Future
Six years after the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) launched its first standard for end-to-end digital seafood traceability, the organization is preparing for its next phase:...
Fiji Becomes First Pacific Nation To Join FiTI
Fiji has become the first Pacific Island nation to join the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). Alitia Bainivalu, Fiji’s Fisheries Minister, and Sven Biermann, Executive Director of...
Diesel Costs Weigh On WCPO Fishing Fleets
Fuel costs are a key pain point for fishing fleets and carriers across the global tuna supply chain, industry participants said at the INFOFISH Tuna 2026 conference. The narrowing gap between...
Manta Tuna Sector Squeezed By Poor Skipjack Supply
Manta skipjack prices are climbing, stoking anxiety across the Eastern Pacific Ocean tuna supply chain and particularly in Ecuador, with boat owners and processors feeling squeezed. This...