Tuvalu’s new Prime Minister Feleti Teo explained that his nation, which has a tuna-rich EEZ, has no plans to side with China and “there has been no approaches from Beijing yet” after he took...
Fishing
Seychelles Ratifies UN High Seas Treaty To Protect Tuna Resources
The Seychelles National Assembly ratified the United Nation’s High Seas Treaty last week, becoming the first African nation and third in the world, after Palau and Chile, to help protect its...
French Polynesian Fishers Lock Horns Over Tuna Fishing
The French Polynesia government is looking for solutions to an ongoing dispute between the nation’s artisanal and longline fleets. It recently reached out to the Pacific Community (SPC) to...
Dolores Promotes Its Hometown’s Tuna Gastronomy
Mexican tuna brand Dolores once again organized the three-day event, 'Reinventing The Flavor', held from March 11 to 14. This second edition intended to increase the popularity of its tuna...
Pacific Tuna Fisheries Turn To Dynamometers For Accurate Transshipment Data
Tuna transshipment operations are critical for the industry. Annually, between 550,000 to 650,000 tons of tuna are transferred into carriers in PNA ports to major processing hubs. Researchers...
Is Technology Creep Masking An Underlying Decline In Stocks Of Tropical Tunas?
- Viewpoint - Is technology-based effort creep impacting tuna fisheries and their sound governance in each RFMO? This is difficult to ascertain especially in multi-gear, mixed-species...
ICCAT Meeting Discussed Bluefin Quota 2024
The ICCAT Intersessional Meeting of Panel 2 took place from March 5 to 8 in Madrid. The allocation of the total allowable catch (TAC) of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin was...
Taiwanese Longliner Captain Determined To Take Action Against Attackers
The captain of a Taiwanese longliner plans to take legal action against his perpetrators who attacked him while the vessel was moored in Mauritius. According to the victim, Lee Chih-ming, the...
CFTO & Via Océan Atlantic Yellowfin And Skipjack Catches Are MSC Certified
MSC recently announced that the Atlantic Ocean tropical tuna French purse seine fishery received the blue logo for its yellowfin and East Atlantic skipjack catches. Ten French-flagged vessels...
Orthongel Says Observer Coverage Program Effective
Orthongel, the association that represents French purse seiner fleet, states that all its member vessels are monitored by human observers or electronic monitoring through its Observateur...
FiTI Report: Cape Verde’s Tuna Fisheries Lack Transparency
Cape Verde recently published its first Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) report which highlighted several challenges in its marine fisheries sector. Data relating to tuna vessels...
Does Climate Change Influence Interaction Between Tuna & Their Prey?
The impact of climate change on the marine ecosystem is complex but does it influence marine food web dynamics? Researchers found that identifying prey groups and their behavior will predict...
Zhejiang Ocean Family Longliners Accused Of IUU By EJF
Eco-warriors, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), has published another report highlighting IUU fishing and labor abuses on board Chinese tuna longliners. This time, the organization...
Spanish Patrol Vessel Protects Tuna Boats In Gulf Of Guinea
The Spanish Navy has deployed one of its patrol vessels ‘Furor’ to protect boats in the tuna-rich Gulf of Guinea from pirate attacks. It has Marine Instruments' Airfox drone on board that...
Readers: China Will Expand Its Foothold In The Pacific Region
The two global superpowers China and the US have set their sights on expanding their presence in Pacific Island nations known for their tuna-rich territorial waters. The recent decision by...
Planet Tracker Says Deep-Sea Mining Is Also Financially A Mistake
Investment think tank Planet Tracker calculated that putting capital in sectors that do not impact nature would have yielded three times the financial return over the past three decades as...
Ocean Water Temperature Higher Than Ever
The sea surface temperature (STT) in the worldwide oceans between 60° south latitude and 60° north latitude from the equator is currently 0.8 degrees Celsius above the average of the water...
Seiners Face Fuel Cost Burden As Raw Material Price Fall
Crude oil prices fell last week and has further decreased in value today in both benchmarks. Marine fuel prices around the globe have been on a downward path since late February but there was...
Indonesia Working On Satellite Network To Monitor Fisheries
Indonesia is preparing the launch of a satellite constellation to monitor activities in its tuna and other fisheries. The Indonesian Ministry of Fisheries announced that work on the first...
ISSF Wants All RFMOs To Strengthen Work On Harvest Strategy & EM
Industry-led International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has put forward critical recommendations for the four RFMOs for 2024 to improve tuna fisheries sustainability. It has urged...