Brazilian tuna fishermen who were on a two-week hiatus in December are back at sea. The government suspended bigeye fishing operations during this time because the annual quota for this...
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Global Tuna Stakeholders Gather In China To Discuss Trade Developments
Several major Chinese as well as Japanese and Spanish tuna firms recently participated in the Yangtze Tuna Industry Innovation and Development Conference. It was held in the southeastern city...
Majuro Port Experienced High Tuna Transshipments In 2023
Only five percent of the transshipments in Majuro port last year were dock side unloadings to a local tuna processor. The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) would like to...
Manta Price Declines With High Supply, Panama Canal Still Major Issue
An influx of supply has pushed down the skipjack value in Manta and processors continue to face delay in their trade due to the drought situation in the Panama Canal. The price is continuing...
WCPO Skipjack Rates Fell, Overall December Catches Were Good
Purse seine tuna fishing volumes declined slightly by seven percent in December compared to November. However, this was still the highest tonnage in December over 2019-2022. Skipjack rates...
OPAGAC Urges All RFMOs To Regulate Commercial Tuna Species Together
The Spanish purse seiner fleet grouped under OPAGAC demanded that all RFMOs should manage yellowfin, skipjack, and bigeye in the same way because these fish are captured together. Miguel...
Indian Ocean Tuna Price Bends Due To Pressure On Trade
Tuna catches in the Indian Ocean are up slightly from December but remain 30 percent below the January 2023 volume. The price per ton is under pressure as deliveries to other hubs are not much...
Missing Mexican Tuna Fisher Dies After Being Rescued
The fisherman who was missing after the mini seiner 'California' sank earlier this week in Mexico has passed away. Francisco Caudillo, who was 66 years old, managed to stay alive inside the...
FiTi Pilots Initiative With Tuna Nations For Public Voice In Fisheries
International group, the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTi), is developing a new initiative to include the public in fisheries management debates. The organization recently partnered...
AGAC Aims For Bigeye MSC Scope Extension In EPO
The AGAC Four Oceans Integral Purse Seine Tropical Tuna Fishery wants a scope extension for bigeye on FAD sets and free school in the EPO. When the fishery was originally assessed in 2021, it...
MIFCO Is Now A 100 Percent State-Owned Cannery
Maldivian tuna processor MIFCO is now a 100 percent state-owned enterprise after a deal was signed last month. The company is one of the largest exporters of tuna in the archipelago. It...
Low Oxygen In Pacific Can Shift Yellowfin To Shallow Waters
Climate warming is not only increasing sea surface temperatures (SSTs) but also impacting the volume of oxygen in oceans. The northern and equatorial Pacific oceans has seen the largest...
Purse Seiner Damaged By Fire While Moored In Abidjan
The new year began disastrously for the Belize-flagged purse seiner ‘Harmonia 1’ which caught fire as it docked in the port of Abidjan in Ivory Coast. The 50-year-old vessel was in the harbor...
Albacora & Jealsa Fleets Departing Gulf Of Guinea?
Several Spanish tuna companies are finding it difficult to operate their fleets in the Atlantic Ocean. Boat owners are pointing their fingers at Asian vessels mainly from China and Korea for...
Japan Has The Largest Tuna Fishing Fleet In The WCPO
A total of 3,178 fishing and non-fishing boats are operating in the WCPO, according to the latest information from WCPFC. Japan has the most number of vessels, followed by the Chinese and...
CFTO Third French Company To Sell Seiners?
Disappointing results have forced two French tuna fishing companies to make far-reaching decisions. Rumor has it that Compagnie Francaise du Thon Oceanique (CFTO) also is experiencing some...
High November WCPO Transshipments Promise More Skipjack Supply
Purse seiners operating in the WCPO continued with high levels of catches in November and large volumes were transshipped in PNA ports. Processing hubs can expect another month of substantial...
Madagascar Issues Licenses To 14 EU Tuna Fishing Vessels
The Madagascar Ministry of Fisheries and the Blue Economy announced last week the number of purse seiners and longliners that are allowed to fish for tuna in its waters in 2024. The licenses...
Good WCPO Tuna Fishing Continued In November
Purse seiners continued their excellent catches in November 2023 and were benefiting from the ending of the WCPO FAD ban. For the seventh month in a row, most of the catch was made in Kiribati...
Namibian High Court Acquits Tuna Fishing Company Of IUU Charges
The Namibian High Court has vindicated Nata Fishing Enterprise of illegal fishing and human trafficking accusations. Two of its tuna vessels, ‘Shang Fu’ and ‘Nata 2’ were seized by the...