With only one week to go before the first EPO Veda ends, the industry is awaiting increased supply that could influence the skipjack price, which has remained relatively stable. Or is the...
Fishing
WCPO Seiner Fleet Keeps Shrinking, Smallest In 13 years
Within the world's largest tuna fishing grounds, the number of purse seiners being operational has plummeted drastically over the past decade. This was pointed out by PNA CEO Sangaalofa Clark...
Spanish Ministry To Redistribute Unused Bigeye Limit
Spain’s Fisheries Ministry will start utilizing the “optimization mechanism” for bigeye catches on October 3, and will distribute 2,000 tons quota to vessels that have exhausted their capture...
Mexico Allocates Bluefin Quota For 2023 And 2024
The Mexican government recently announced the allowable catch volume of bluefin for its fleet for 2023 and 2024, applicable from September 25. The Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural...
Majority Of Taiwanese Longliners Transship Albacore In High Seas
Last year, 1,126 high seas transsipment events took place in the Pacific (laregly in the WCPO and some in the EPO) with 85 percent pertaining to longliners followed by 10...
US Signs Historic USD 600 Million Tuna Treaty With FFA
On Monday, US President Joe Biden met the Pacific Island leaders at Washington to drive forward their partnership. He signed the 10-year, USD 600 million South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT)...
Despite Improved August WCPO Catches, Still YTD 26% Is Missing
In the second month of the WCPO FAD ban, more tuna was caught by purse seiners on free schools. Fishing activity continues to be concentrated mostly in the eastern part and skipjack catches...
Ghana Wants To Tighten Its Grip On Tuna Vessels’ Crew
Ghana wants to ensure that its tuna fishing vessels operate safely and smoothly. The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) recently announced that all foreigners working on boats carrying the...
Marlin Attacks Tuna Boat
Five crew members were rescued Sunday after a marlin caused a leak in their tuna boat 30 miles (48 km) off the coast of Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands. The predator was likely fishing...
WCPFC High Seas Inspections Primarily Made On Longliners
The annual report on High Seas Boarding and Inspection (HSBI) revealed the checks conducted in 2022 and several compliance issues in tuna vessels which includes suspected under reporting of...
Shark Mistaken For Tuna In Attack And Other Social Media Trends
Social media users widely shared a video of an unconscious woman being carried out from the water after an attack in which a shark was mistaken for a tuna. The incident occurred at Laguna...
French Polynesia Albacore, Yellowfin Fishery Wants MSC Reassessment
The French Polynesia albacore, yellowfin, and swordfish longline fishery is undergoing a reassessment in the Pacific. Longliners belong to the client Coopérative Maritime des Producteurs de...
Pilots Killed After Tuna Purse Seiner Helicopter Crashes
Two men died after a helicopter, that helps to find tuna schools, crashed into the high seas in the Galapagos. The incident that happened yesterday morning was reported by the Ecuadorian Navy....
Poor IO Tuna Catch Stresses The Industry, Skipjack Price Under Strain
After months of poor catches there is still no light at the end of the tunnel. In the past month, purse seiners reported low volumes of small tuna of bad quality. The processors depending on...
SKJ1.8:BKK Bows Down To Strong Downward Pressure
Demand from canners in Bangkok for skipjack raw material has picked up. But currently, they are exerting a lot of downward pressure on the market, which has greatly reduced the tuna value....
Tuvalu Will Remain A Nation Even If It Submerges
Tuvalu has made a bold proposition by stating that it will "continue to exist as a country even if the island disappears due to rising sea levels. "The government of the Pacific Island nation...
Are PNG’s Declining Catches To Blame For Local Canneries Downscaling?
The canneries in Papua New Guinea are reportedly going through tough times and are complaining about low tuna landings in the ports. Meanwhile, boat owners claim that they are catching less...
Research Calls For International Attention To Human Rights In Pacific Islands Fisheries
A study looking in-depth at the human rights violations within the tuna and other fishing industries in the Pacific Islands was highlighted by its author Kezyiah Lusa Saepioh at the Pacific...
Family Of Perished Tuna Farm Workers Call On Govt For Justice
Relatives of three deceased workers from the Mexican bluefin aquaculture company Baja Aqua Farms are seeking help from the government to recover the bodies and obtain a death certificate, life...
EU Commission’s Forced Labor Law Proposal To Reduce Unfair Competition
Aldona Sek-Spirydowicz from DG GROW of the European Commission spoke on the legislative initiative to ban forced labor products from the EU Market at the Anfaco conference at Vigo, Spain. In...